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Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, diesel and "pen"

I admit: Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is my dream. He can do anything. Only now a large number of working volume cubes and horsepower is a real bait for our customs and the Federal Tax Service. That would be a diesel! My colleagues in craziness sighed. And he appeared. Short. Diesel. With mechanics. Rubicon!

Guess, did I get under the hood first of all? And here is not the first thing I got comfortable at the wheel. True, I liked the little trunk of the old Jeep Wrangler YJ than a new hefty steering wheel. But this is not important I wanted to try to press the right pedal. Did Diesel spoil the main drive?

It turned out no. Despite the agricultural roar, Jeep did not turn into a pensioner Land Cruiser for thick uncles. A powerful start in the first gear and the tachometer arrow rests at 4000 rpm.

The second gear and the holiday continues. The third, fourth stream of cars is far behind. Only a poker has to turn on quite often. There are now as many as six programs. Because of this, I, by the way, stalled several times when I tried to go back in the sixth gear instead of the back. But getting into the rear, instead of the sixth, turned out to be much more difficult: you need to push a very powerful spring, moving the lever to the right to the right. And you can almost not switch the thrust of the diesel motor just by a locomotive. I went the first, third, sixth programs. Or the first, second, fourth, sixth. The fifth is really needed, only to gasp a little cut when overtaking. The vehicle is very confident, accelerating to about 140 km/h. Further, of course, the aerodynamics of falling brick affects a little, it is a little sour. It was possible to disperse it on the track only to 155 km/h more simply did not allow the road environment and the likelihood of interference in the test of law enforcement agencies.


Previous versions of the steering wheel was two times less and I liked it

Let's assure!
What is the main drawback of the diesel for Jeeper? That's right, the inability to sharply gasp and break into the obstacle. There are simply slides steep or slippery, in which the traction, as if on a tractor, do not enter. Therefore, trialists prefer a gasoline engine. He gave him sharply gas and you are in the ladies. I call on the sand. Slipper on the floor. The car sharply sours and almost stalls. What? Ah yes, anti -book. Disconnect. Attempt number two wheels from under the wheels, pushing powerful acceleration into the back. But there is not a little lack of turnover in terms of turnover. But what if you turn on the lowered? On the fourth (!) The very thing turned out to be what was needed. The unique Jeep Rubicon transmission gives just fantastic opportunities. The first reduced purely crowler. What does it mean? On it you can safely go almost vertically up at a speed of less pedestrian. With the third you can safely start. Swear on the fourth. But there is another fifth and sixth. Yes, and self -locking differentials with the possibility of complete blocking manually. In principle, there are all sorts of newfangled muleches for dummies such as electronic assistants during the descent from the hill and antibux. But when you turn on the reduced gear and locks, all this nonsense is turned off automatically, and we get what Jeep asks for such a lot of money, fantastic cross -country ability, suspension articulation and vitality.


Articulation increases if you turn off the stabilizer


It remains only to replace the front bumper with a power with a winch

How suspended
On the highway, the first impression is very shaking. The car jumps on every crack in the asphalt, since our roads are generous on them. So, let's check the tire pressure. So it was pumped up in winter, in cold weather. In the heat, the pressure increased as much as 0.8 atmosphere. We lower the pressure to the passport. And where did the vibrations disappear, where is the shaking pendant? There was only an elastic gait of a predator, ready to jump and gently land, holding a victim with his teeth. According to the gravel grader, you can now safely blame a hundred, only passengers object terribly in corners.

There is not a single breakdown for the entire test.


To shy, just turn on the lowered fourth


Diesel is what we have been waiting for from Rubicon all these years

The possibilities of tuning
There is everything in Jeep Rubicon. It remains only to replace the bumpers by power from ARB, install the Warn winch, lift the suspension for a couple of inches and equip 33 wheels. Or a little more radically lift by 4 inches and put the 35th.

The air is bred on the right under the hood specifically to facilitate the installation of a shnorkel. The rest is to your taste. And you can do nothing and at least now to wave on it in Mongolia. Together. For for more people there is a five -door Jeep, which I will definitely take on the test next time.

P. S. And he also removes the roof, doors and there is already a soft awning in the standard configuration



Author: Ivan Evdokimov, photo Victoria Ilyinskaya
 

Source: Magazine 4x4 [September /2010]