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Agreed @DP1011 finding the sweet spot is crucial and that sweet spot changes on several variables. As someone whom drives a Jeep Gladiator I’m already at a disadvantage for climbs, carrying an extra 250+kg compared to short and long wheel base Wranglers. Climbing needs to be approached with care, and momentum which can be hard to maintain with the amount of crosstracks in popular climbing spots around Dubai. i also use “Part-Time” and off-road plus on alL my drives. Anything in the range of iftar bowl I’ll use tiptronic as my jeep has a terrible habit of change up to the next gear just as momentum is sapped. At the same time the Jeep gearboxes computer also has a terrible habit refusing to change down with a shift not allowed message when it does not like the rev range . one crucial component of a climb is the slope you are climbing, this is hard to judges visually by the nature of large dunes playing with your visual perception. for the throttle always feather, as it’s not connected by a linkage it’s always better to have scope push a little harder assuming the jeep computer allows it. Incidentally I drive lower than 11psi -t the start of drives, but I’m running geolander all terrains the Light truck variant, these have stiff sidewalls and extra layers compared to the regular AT.s my advice next time you are out there at a climbing spot, ask the marshal if you can do a few more practice runs. This immensely helps to build skills and consistency and then there are some days that no matter what, you just are not gonna get as far up as you want, don’t push it and accept there will always be another future drive.

As you always say Finding the "sweet spot"🤘🏽🙌🏼

Don't drop 12 to 9 immediately, as you need to adapt as well to handle smoother curves and absorb bumps proactively. In case of Deepak made a diff, but after that 1 climb, we inflated back to 10 or 11. Am I correct @DP1011. You can try 11 on the next drive, then after that try 10 on the following drive. 9 is too low for 4 door Rubicon weight in my opinion. Better to climb 1 less dune, than having pop-out and damaging TPMS on every drive.

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Dear Carnity offroaders , Recently i have found crack my pajero 3rd gen exhaust manifold , is there is any options to upgrage the performance through replace bigger size manifold / exhaust modificaiton , looking for valuable advise .

Deepak sir, I have no more PSI’s left to go down on 😂 I second this, @Frederic made a bold decision to bring down 5psi since then it did wonders for me 💪

Thank you @DP1011 for your suggestion. I was running 12 PSI on all tires and will keep the pressure in mind going forward. Also, noted on the AC and will keep it off for climbs. Thanks very much again.

@Abhishek Chikara - I have got hardly anything left to whats already highlighted. One thing that made a huge difference during my FB+ days - Reducing 2 PSIs. We had a decent size dune, and I noticed compared to @Benjamin Whose climb was as if its onroad, and letting @Gaurav Have a go with my Jeep and then his suggestion to go down 1-2 PSI, so from 11, I went down to 9, and I felt happy that there was nothing wrong with my machine😂 AND in addition to this, yes ofcourse triptonic, but with AC off also makes a difference at times for steep dunes!

The above seems to be estimated torque curve for JL in first gear. So it seems it's not productive to go beyond the 5000 rpm point. The best way to is to anticipate the gear and climb and generate enough momentum and keep the pedal modulated (not flooring) to keep the rpm between 4000-5000.

Lots of different techniques for many situations. tbh any car may perform better using that technique just like correct trail-braking in the sand! haha Thank you @Frederic!!

POST OF THE YEAR. So perfectly elaborated!!

Great question and the subject of many discussions on the sand and here in the forums. Completely agree with @Zubail and concur that @Frederic has mentioned this a lot in the past. From my experience, my previous Pajero, 3.5L 2013, would not stop or lose power in 1st. She'd keep going, which was great. The White Rhino, 3.8L 2020 does lose power at the very top and I've learned on taller dunes to ease off the gas just a bit to prevent that from happening.

@Looper@Gary F@Benjamin any inputs on this ? Doesn’t the Jeep stay on rev limiter while flooring in first gear ? Or do you guys play with the throttle to keep it just before it hits the limiter ? My trooper has no limit . 😜