Jeep Wrangler 2.8 GRD Dakar Special
 

Ths rally car I want to share with you.

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Some of the specifications.
· Rancho Performance kit 3,5 inch + 4 x Reiger shock absorbers per axel.
· VIAIR 440P Aircompressor / 150psi, 85 ltr/min.
· Rubicon Side protection bar's
· 2 TerraTrip tripmaster 202-plus met extra display
· Garmin GPS
· Sparco Rally seats EVO 3
· 200 liter fueltank

Engine.
· 2.8 liter Common-Rail diesel
· 16 Vlave en 4 cylinder
· 210Hp at 3000 t/min
· 530 Nm. Trorqou 1500 up to 2800Rpm.
· 250 Nm. Trorqou at 1000Rpm.
· Bigger Solenoid injector
· Adaptronic DI ECU

In preparation for the Paris Dakar Rally they test the car in the Anatolia Rally ending in 3e place.

Le Dakar well on his way.

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Impresion.

That J E E P is AWESOME:jump: Wish they made a JEEP like that in AMERICA, I would buy one in a heartbeat:tu:

Hmm, it's the italian 2.8 CRD VM engine, same as sold in the old Liberty CRD.

Stock with 160hp, so it's a good power increasement.
They lifted the hood in the rear- heat problems as always (and did not find the cure?) .:updance:

Wonder why they put a DIESEL in the LIBERTY, but not in the WRANGLER:dang::argh:

cause no one bought the liberty without the diesel... :jump:

Nope it’s not the same engine as in the old Liberty CRD. And yes it’s a VM Euro 5/6 engine.

These are the standard specifications of this engine.
Max. power output 130 kW 177 PS~ 174 hp @ 3800 rpm
410 Nm 303 lbs ft @ 2000 rpm

This car so far has no cooling problems as the whole cooler pack is upgraded to desert cooling specifications.
Yes we lifted the hood to reduce heat stress under the hood and the best way to get the hot air out is to lift the hood. It’s done to prevent problems as in this rally you will get loads of challenges for free even if you don’t need them.:humm:

Yes we can build a copy of this Dakar special . Love to as long as they pay the bill.

They hade some problem with tyres going flat on stage 3 and from what I understand they lost a lot of time with a problem in the diesel feed to the engine. Yesterday stage went fine and they made up a lot of lost time.

Is it a boat or a car. Stage 3 of the rally.

Don’t do this @ home.

Stage 5:hellox:

Stage 7 a bit if hill climbing.

This is cool! Always loved watching that rally. I'd take one of those jeeps in a heartbeat!

Some pictures of what the rally and cars look like.

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Oh, come on - it's always the same block, just different rail pressure 2000 instead of 1800, valves & injectors
The Wrangler has also a bigger intercooler than the libby, so no biggie.

Displacement 2776 cc 2776 cc 2776 cc 2776 2776 cc 2776
Cylinders 4 in line 4 in line 4 in line 4 in-line 4 in line 4 in-line
Valves 16 16 16 16 16 16 24
Max Power in kW (hp) 110 (150) 120 (161) 120 (163) 130 (177) 130 (177)

Sad thing is, all friends with the Wrangler are not happy with the fuel consumption. That thing is a diesel guzzler. 16l/100km is way to much. That equals in 16mpg! :scare2:

Stage 12 and 13.

The Le Dakar rally 2012 was a big challenge and many did not make it to the finish.

Egbert and Carlo botch Dakar debutants get to the finish. Also the car hold on to the end but gave the team some challenges. They even had a wheel communing off and they had to replace the whole rear axel.
Aldo the engine did not have any serious problems some things where hard to find but eventually we did find the problem and solution to it.

I’m very happy with the result and now we can say we did test the VM to the limit as we had to encounter hi temperatures dust and water and vibrations for many hours.

In the oncoming weeks we will evaluate this rally and look into improvements.

I hope for the next year we can do more rally cars and give support to more teams.

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That is one mean Jeep :rocking:

The Jeep Wrangler was a bit of a heavy weight so it needed to lose some.

The hood, doors and rear panels are now made from a very strong material with a lot of Kevlar in it.
Also the back of the cars has been cut of to reduce weight and have easier excess to the spare tires. Also taking the rear panels of takes less than a minute and makes it very easy to service the rear of the car.

It is still possible to rent this car for the oncoming Le Dakar Rally as the team owner from this car rented a race truck for the oncoming Le Dakar Rally.

For those who are interested in these body panels and doors we can build some more.

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hey dont pick on the libby diesel. i have one and its truly amazing. love it i will never get rid of it. 28 mpg highway and its 4wd small suv, and i can smoke the tires and do donuts on dry pavement. they have a lot of power, i have diablo extreme power puck in mine and it does pretty good. wish they made more upgrades but they are so hard to find in us, they only made round 10,000 of them in the U.S. between 2005 and 2006.