Our good friend Walt Philips (from Phoenix) was visting Tucson along with his brother Mark from PA. Walt wanted to go wheeling so the idea was to head out to Chiva Falls and have an 80 vs 100 shootout. Walt has a really slick '96. It's 4.5" lifted, has 35's, sports a TRD Supercharger, and is outfitted like my 100 with all the armor and gear. So, at about 3" lift the 100 had the disadvantage but in the end it did quite well. The two trucks were very comparible capability-wise. Walt's 80 had the adge in the articulation department due to the front live axle vs my IFS. The goal today was to shoot videos when possible rather than pictures. We though videos would tell the story better. One video we DID'T take...our race onto I-10. Walt has a unique 80. It's blown and has been re-geared to about 10% lower than stock. Of course, my truck has the V8, HOWEVER....it's mis-geared due to tire size and the lack of a re-gear. It's 12% higher geared than normal. This gives Walt's truck a 22% power advantage gearing alone. Would the 100 blow him away with that V8 or not? NOT! The 80 jolted from the line with those gears and then the supercharger kicked in. By 40 MPH he was 2 truck lengths AHEAD of the 100. WOW! GO WALT! I could see what I feel in the 100. Off the line the gearing makes it sluggish! Once Walt had the 2 length lead, the trucks ran the same. I think had we a kept going I would have caught him. One last note....approaching the trail we pulled off onto a steep dirt hillside to air down. In 4-Hi the 100 climbed up it with lots of power to spare. Walt? He couldn't make it and had to shift into 4-Lo. GO FIGURE!