Ultimate 4X4 Testing in Sand

[Gaurav]

15 minutes ago, Niki said:

And limiting seats on the popcorn-terrace  he has us scrambling to instal winches just to qualify as support.  Google searches for winches + Dubai just topped daily stats!  

Ok to clear another confusion before searches grow exponentially and people spend money on what they don't need.

Installing winch will actually reduce your hill climb capability. Before 2018, I used to climb Faya from center every time and after installing winch it become 70% success and 30% fail attempt. Think again

[Srikumar]

1 minute ago, Gaurav said:

Ok to clear another confusion before searches grow exponentially and people spend money on what they don't need.

Installing winch will actually reduce your hill climb capability. Before 2018, I used to climb Faya from center every time and after installing winch it become 70% success and 30% fail attempt. Think again

Are you clearing or creating more confusion? 🤔

[Niki]

1 minute ago, Gaurav said:

Ok to clear another confusion before searches grow exponentially and people spend money on what they don't need.

Installing winch will actually reduce your hill climb capability. Before 2018, I used to climb Faya from center every time and after installing winch it become 70% success and 30% fail attempt. Think again

Thanks for mediating my posts attempt at humor  … critical we don’t have folks install for this sole purpose! … @Srikumar advice of stripping down weight is top advice though I sense he was aiming that at my stature vs my FJs 🤣

[Gaurav]

I know you joking Niki, but some people misinterpret my advices, so better to clear it up.

Hall of fame:

• guy buying FJC on my suggestion got upset as we didnt promote him to IM, expecting his FJ has a magic autopilot formula.
• Second person bought wrangler rubicon and expect we should change rules and structure to fit their needs.
• 10 more examples, I can share.

[Gaurav]

Thank you @Asif Hussain for digging this modified FJC climbing out that bowl.

Hope this video gives better dimensions of what is really needed to get out.

[Niki]

So it is officially the FJ Bowl!! 🎉🎉🍻

[Mario Cornejo]

Is this the same bowl?  

 

[Islam Soliman]

47 minutes ago, Mario Cornejo said:

Is this the same bowl?  

 

Magnificent 😍

[Humayun Ghias]

6 hours ago, Gaurav said:

Thank you everyone for such an amazing response of 24 people interested in less than a day.

Few things to consider and realize by yourself before signing up for this drive (whenever we open).

1. THIS IS NOT A REGULAR DRIVE, rather there is NO DRIVE but just a place to test your 4X4 (max power) + your off-roading skills.
2. It will be strictly for Intermediate and above level - without any exception (for safety reasons).
3. If with your present car capabilities and your off-roading skills you have scaled - Faya from center or from the right side - MULTIPLE TIMES + EVERY TIME then only you sign up for this drive. If you have sometimes scaled and sometimes failed, then there is clearly no point for you to sign up with such a high-risk attempt (explained below).
4. IT IS NOT A FUN DRIVE, but a super cruel day out where you will witness some extreme action but expect to pitch in with A LOT OF PHYSICAL TAXING ACTIVITY for a whole day than sitting in 22 degrees aircon.

Just for the reference in such extreme activity, your car power to weight ratio is SUPER PRIME, no matter what you believe and what your friends or car manufacturers BRAGGGGGGGGED. Keep it real for your safety.

My car has/had 225 hp on 1.8-ton weight = 125 hp/ton and still, I failed miserably after consecutive attempts by using every trick I know in off-roading with over a decade of experience. Bottom line no one can fool the power-to-weight ratio whether you like reading this or not, that's a fact.

With 125 hp/ton I still used a 50-meter uphill pull means that anything above 150 hp/ton (check your stats) should be a worthy contender to test this extreme side.

RISK INVOLVED:

• We definitely need an equal number of the winch as per the total number of participants.
• Each winch uphill pull will take 1-2 hours easily, draining a lot of battery and winch pulling power eventually.
• After consecutive use, the winch fuse and switch do fail as they are rated for certain amperage.
• We have not tested stock tow points to take that level of load uphill, as in my car, winch has been installed on 4X thicker cross-member than chassis that dragged me uphill.
• If your stock tow point or all the winch fails, you might have to leave your car in that bowl.
• Calling AAA to recover will cost in excess of 3000 - 5000 dhs, as it's really far from Dubai.

Keeping excitement and thrill aside, I just want to show you the realistic side that you should be aware of and be prepared off before signing up for this.

• Ref to point 3 above for quick self-check.

I'm afraid I have not scaled Faya multiple times 😭 will have to wait to hone my skills a little more before joining 

[Christian Andras]

2 hours ago, Gaurav said:

I know you joking Niki, but some people misinterpret my advices, so better to clear it up.

Hall of fame:

• guy buying FJC on my suggestion got upset as we didnt promote him to IM, expecting his FJ has a magic autopilot formula.
• Second person bought wrangler rubicon and expect we should change rules and structure to fit their needs.
• 10 more examples, I can share.

Please share the 10 examples…😂…I thought it was my FJ who got me promoted to IM…🧐😂