# Remember kids, always be careful when doing cyclones in a parking lot

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**Created:** [December 18, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285 "2013-12-18T10:53:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/1 "2013-12-18T10:53:44Z")

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1st gear + low range + 3.73 gears =

[ATTACH=CONFIG]25294[/ATTACH]

It was covered under carquest’s warranty Lol.

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/2 "2013-12-18T10:57:33Z")

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Nice!

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**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/3 "2013-12-18T11:00:23Z")

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Impressive

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**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/4 "2013-12-18T11:01:18Z")

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I don’t know how to do the math, but…

3.73 axle gears  
2.72 low range  
3.00 first gear  
375ftlbs of tq

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/5 "2013-12-18T11:48:03Z")

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The hell is a cyclone?

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/6 "2013-12-18T12:06:47Z")

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![http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/jay-lenos-1991-gmc-syclone-image-jay-lenos-garage_100369126_m.jpg](http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/jay-lenos-1991-gmc-syclone-image-jay-lenos-garage_100369126_m.jpg)

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**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/7 "2013-12-18T12:17:36Z")

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![http://www.jlspartnerconnection.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Cyclone.jpg](http://www.jlspartnerconnection.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Cyclone.jpg)

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**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/8 "2013-12-18T12:24:57Z")

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> [@boxxa](#):
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> The hell is a cyclone?

I was thinking a doughnut, but repetitively in an AWD is called Axis spine…  
I guess doing them in the snow would look like a cyclone.

and theblue that is a Syclone. totally different.

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**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/9 "2013-12-18T12:30:51Z")

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Pics of carnage after it happened?

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/10 "2013-12-18T12:35:49Z")

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**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/11 "2013-12-18T13:29:13Z")

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I was doing these in my jeep, no damage done except for a broken axle.

I’ve already fixed it and it’s back on the road

my nerd friend did the math and i put 4,196ft/lbs of torque to that axle. Lol

[https://youtu.be/XFoSh9e4QOA](https://youtu.be/XFoSh9e4QOA)

And this is where it broke on the axle  
[ATTACH=CONFIG]25295[/ATTACH]

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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/12 "2013-12-18T14:08:37Z")

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Yikes

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**Author:** ![Deathproof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Deathproof](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deathproof)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/13 "2013-12-18T16:39:47Z")

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It’s a Jeep thing.

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**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/14 "2013-12-18T16:43:42Z")

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LOL at the warranty picking up the tab. Good deal! 🙂

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**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/15 "2013-12-18T16:59:12Z")

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YEAH STEVE!

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**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/16 "2013-12-18T17:05:23Z")

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> [@Deathproof](#):
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> It’s a Jeep thing.

I don’t understand

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**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/17 "2013-12-19T08:27:05Z")

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> [@L8APEX1](#):
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> I don’t understand

I don’t either

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**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/18 "2013-12-19T08:37:25Z")

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Caught one of my employees (years ago) doing one in the back of a construction site with a rented jobsite framing forklift.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]25304[/ATTACH]

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**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/19 "2013-12-19T09:41:05Z")

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I’ve done them in a bobcat once

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**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-kids-always-be-careful-when-doing-cyclones-in-a-parking-lot/234285/20 "2013-12-19T17:57:22Z")

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Thats why you dont lift IFS trucks… cross over… tall cars… Idk what you call that thing.

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