Chileans top Jeep altitude record...

[LoneRanger]

...with modded Suzuki Samurai

Chileans top Jeep altitude record...with modded Suzuki Samurai — Autoblog

 

[jesterb]

I spy....Pull-Pal winch anchor for 4x4, Jeep, ATV, off-road, all-terrain-vehicle, military, D.O.D., Department of Defense

 

[wct49]

They were so high!

 

[Bodean]

Dude!!!!

 

[LoneRanger]

I spy....Pull-Pal winch anchor for 4x4, Jeep, ATV, off-road, all-terrain-vehicle, military, D.O.D., Department of Defense

i want one for christmas.......

 

[Land Speeder]

i want one for christmas.......

I want one for getting off the toilet!...

 

[LoneRanger]

I want one for getting off the toilet!...

i'm trying hard not to visualize that.

 

[lenross1]

hell yeah!

 

[wngrog]

There is a LONG thread about this on Pirate by the guys that did it. The Jeep lobby jumped in and bitched because the Zuk has a turbo charger on it. It is a great read.

New Altitude World Record - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board

Here is the Jeep Thread...

Only in a JEEP: new height world record in a JEEP Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board

 

[wct49]

i want one for christmas.......

Jeff Davis needs this more than anybody.

 

[lenross1]

lets see one sammy with charger vs 3 jeeps and a support crew and huge bugdet. and the samurai went farther and is probably a 20 years old.
I believe the equation goes for every 1000 feet above 10,000 ft past you lose 7-10 horsepower. a stock 1.6 has 80 hp. a supercharged 1.6 has maybe 120 hp. i believe at around 20,000 ft it had 20 hp!

 

[jesterb]

The turbo is effectively raising atmospheric pressure. You could try to get the same result with a naturally aspirated motor with stupid high compresion ratio but it just wouldn't happen. It doesn't matter how much HP you start out with if you run out of oxygen. 20HP applied to a moving Sami with gearing isn't that bad.

Hence the record.

 

[Land Speeder]

support crew or not... dude headed up with a tiny-ass spare tire! JEEBUS!

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Would a few oxygen tanks work...or even be legal for this?

 

[euclid]

My truck barely moved at 13K feet crossing Monarch pass. Bought some 83 octane and that helped.

 

[jesterb]

My truck barely moved at 13K feet crossing Monarch pass. Bought some 83 octane and that helped.

Sped up the burn. Makes sense.