TELEFONICA PARIS-DAKAR RALLYE 2003

**pajerokid** · January 14th, 2003 11:42 PM

EY PEEPS!

I just saw the Star Sports update on The 2003 Dakar Rallye. Guess what???!!!! Mitsubishi's new and improved Pajero/Montero Evolution Super Production Cross Countrys have taken the top 4 spots!!!

Consider these specs:

6G74
6 Cylinders, 24-Valves
DOHC V6MIVEC
ECI Multi-injection
DISPLACEMENT 3,497cc
MAXIMUM OUTPUT 270PS/6,000rpm
MAXIMUM TORQUE 36kg-m/3,500rpm
TRANSMISSION 6 Speed
SUSPENSION- Front Independent - Double wishbone
SUSPENSION- Rear Independent - Double wishbone
STEERING Power assisted rack & pinion
BRAKES Ventilated discs with 6-pot calipers
TYRES BF Goodrich
FUEL TANK CAPACITY 500L
MAX SPEED 190km/h

Also.......... Pajero Ralliarts (Gen3s)

Will they finish 1,2,3 like they did before? Well i hope so!!!

Competitors include.............

BMW X5
Nissan Frontier
Volks Touareg

**pajerokid** · January 14th, 2003 11:44 PM

addendum::: The Paje Evo's looks are growing on me :mrgreen:

**OTEP** · January 15th, 2003 12:59 AM

Pajero people rejoice! Hehehe. Ang lupit talaga ng performance ng Mitsus sa rally na iyan. Parang wala silang kalaban, eh.

**lui** · January 15th, 2003 03:05 AM

everynayt ata may update yan e... npapanood ko dn yan pg sinusumpong ako ng insomia

**kimpOy** · January 15th, 2003 09:14 AM

what new pare mitsu rules paris dakar

**wildthing** · January 15th, 2003 09:36 AM

I saw some highlights of the race in Star Sports (arnd midnight about 3 days ago)....frontier was 3rd place at that time....but the driver was a bit reckless so it got him into an accident in some sand dune jumps....kaya na displace...

The race is really an issue of driver and car capability.....

Maganda nga talaga ang lead ng Mitsubishi Pajeros!

Interestingly....its (the race) more of a speed race and not off-roadability thing....maybe that's why independent suspensions works unlike the straight axle-spring or leaf-spring suspensions.

my 2 cents.

**crawdaddy** · January 15th, 2003 01:22 PM

diyan ako bilib sa pajero eh, no offense but I'm not really a pajero guy pero pagdating diyan sa paris-dakas, lupet talaga ng pajero!

o nga pala, para sa inyong mga pajero peeps, check out these pics (tho puro suzuki) meron ditong if not stock, almost stock, na pajero. sa mt maarat sila nagtrail!

http://www.pbase.com/deltarecon

OT: Delta Recon is an Extreme Offroad group na puro Suzuki ang gamit nila, kaibigan nila Freeman and Wolf Den and, the head of this group (siya yata ang head) is Yeyet Estrada, yung head naman dati ng Suzuki Club dito sa Pinas...

enjoy the pics! I did! :D

**pajerokid** · January 15th, 2003 03:46 PM

tama po kayo sir wildthing. The dakar rallye is really a high speed dirt race, much like the Baja500 in the states. kaya hindi advantageous ang solid axles dito. :D

Pajeros have historically ruled this gruelling race. dati nga 1,2,3 formation finish pa sila. (they could afford to form a diamond coz they had such a lead over the competition). Na-break lang yung run nila nung nagdominate yung Schleisser buggies. But now theyre back on track :D

The dakar rallye highlights among other things, a vehicles' performance, durability and reliability, as drivers themselves have to fix the car if anything goes wrong. :D

Go Mitsu!

**Freeman** · January 15th, 2003 07:59 PM

For the first time ever I forced myself to watch this rallye. Wow! Whatever opinions I had about it before are gone. I thoroughly enjoyed it! This is a different discipline in offroad motorsport that I would want to try.

Yes its a speed race, but it is also extremely punishing to the vehicle and driver! In the RFC a special stage can last 20 to 30 minutes - mainly because of winching through difficult terrain of less than a kilometer. A Dakar stage can last the entire day (and night) through hundreds of kilometers.

30 to 40 percent of the vehicles were eliminated due to damage. Some vehicles were engulfed in flames with the drivers lying in the sand only meters away from the wreck. Quite a number of competitors were carried out on a stretcher and medevaced to nearby hospitals.

Mitsubishi vehicles will most likely dominate their categories. However, these vehicles are highly modified and not even close in drivetrain, powertrain and suspension systems to the production vehicles one purchases from a Mitsubishi showroom. I will not be surprised if Ford / Chevy components were used. The bodies of these vehicles are most likely significantly lighter than the production body. The bright side here is that Mitsubishi, thru this race, is gathering very valuable data and experience to potentially build a near perfect production offroad machine. Of course, for every auto manufacturer, economics is the limiting factor here.

**pajerokid** · January 15th, 2003 08:15 PM

freeman::: Sir, the vehicles i featured at the top are race prepared buggies. I think mitsubishi will actually put these babies in production, much like the 1st generation pajero evolution, which was designed primarily to compete in this race. The initial specs i gathered hinted at a new 4.7liter V8 as being the top-end powerplant. :shock: But the Frontiers, X5s and Pajero Ralliart entries are all production cars..... albeit modified for for the race.