23rd March 2010, 12:57
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I thought Gurkha really did well. But for its approach angle severely limited by that bull bar i could see that Gurkha had superb ramp over angle which is unmatched! Approach and departure angles jeeps still rule.  | |
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23rd March 2010, 13:19
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You surely revved the daylights out of that engine.  Getting stuck in the obstacles in no big deal, but getting the Mechanical Systems stuck must be looked into. Having said that, it was nice having you over for the OTR, and hope you join us regularly. The Ramp-Over-Angle of the 2400mm WB Gurkha(SWB) is better than the 91"-95" MWB JEEPs (CJ500D & MM540)  Regards, Arka | |
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23rd March 2010, 13:24
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23rd March 2010, 14:01
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23rd March 2010, 14:05
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| Senior - BHPian  | FeW pictures that I took.                 Somehow not able to upload videos on Youtube, so will post them later  |
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23rd March 2010, 14:06
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As for the jeeps ruling, do you think i am going to argue against the jeep in a jeep club thats calls itself "jeep thrills"! That would be like talking against mayawathi in UP...suicide! lol. That said the jeeps arent all that bad!! Thanks Vinod. Quote:
Ya i was not conscious about reeving my engine till someone pointed that mistake out! I was just lazy to shift gears i guess! I think your 1 ton beats everything out there! good buy. Just add me in your SMS group and give me a message where the next OTR is and i will be there, Thanks for inviting me over Araka i had a good time and i appreciate your kindness! >>Edited<< Last edited by Monster_BHP : 23rd March 2010 at 14:16. | ||
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23rd March 2010, 14:52
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Please keep the Bull-Bars on they have actually saved your bumper from far serious damage. I think Approach angle is compromised because your front is tipping down, please consult with the Gurkha experts on what is the reason and how to correct it. Did you stiffen your rear suspension? Thanks and will keep you posted about the future OTRs. Regards, Arka | |
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23rd March 2010, 15:19
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I wasnt thinking of removing them permanently just want to remove it on every OTR but as you said it did save the bumper so i will leave it on till i figure out a way round that. The suspensions are factory fitted i did not do any alterations on it, they just gave the same suspension from the Trax cruiser which was meant to carry 10 people and has no practical use for me. I was planning to remove some leaves to soften the ride and reduce the rear height! | |
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23rd March 2010, 15:40
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24th March 2010, 08:45
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24th March 2010, 09:14
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|                       The third obstacle seemed to be a trench with a log lying just before climbing back out of it. So it did pose its difficulty by testing out articulation of the vehicles entering it.         |
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24th March 2010, 09:42
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| Unfortunately my camera batteries died before it could capture more of the other action happening.       After a while Doc got real comfortable with the pits that he started doing all the obstacles in reverse.  Soon to be followed by others. Meanwhile BlueThunder could not control his urge to jump into the claypits and bought his Alto into the pits amongst the other monsters that were jumping in and out of the pits. And now Vikram wanted to check out his Storm's capability. And off it went into the pits and coming out of the pits without any damage to its body. So its was put again in the pit to check if it could climb out of the pit without the use of accelerator and would you believe it did come out. Now we had refreshments served at the pits itself, thanks to Major Roy of AZ. And in a while we went back to camp for a sumptuous meal. We had to start a bit early as MileCruncher had to catch his bus to Hyderabad. On the whole it was a nice OTR ( except for the Scorching Sun of course ), thanks to Arka and others who made it happen again this time. It was good meeting all the guys back, special thanks to Md.Ali, Karthik(propeller) and Arka for letting us drive their Jeeps and Bala(fiery_enzyme) for giving me some lessons on the Basics and also to Vikram(headers) for taking us along with him. Looking forward to meet you guys soon. Some Random Pics from My Phone    The Good, The Bad, The Ugly     The Beast back to its slumber  Our Ride of the Day  Will post some of the Videos I have tomorrow. Last edited by ram.west : 24th March 2010 at 09:46. |
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24th March 2010, 12:10
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24th March 2010, 12:17
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| BHPian  | Congratulations Arka and team Jeep Thrills ..all the Best wishes for coming years... regards Sam Quote:
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24th March 2010, 13:29
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| Senior - BHPian  | The Good, The Bad, The Ugly !!! Quote:
 Could you pls request the mods to align the images in your post correctly...some of the images are going out of the screen. Thanks. | |
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