Es el vehiculo mas veces usado.
Hay 2 modalidades del vehículo Land Rover Discovery utilizado. La primera es la usada en sus 2 variantes 200 TDI y 300 TDI en todas las ediciones en las que participo. La segunda modalidad es la llamada RAFT UNIT utilizada en Mongolia 97 donde los equipos transportaban una canoa y 2 bicicletas. En Mongolia 97 cada equipo tenía además un vehículo de apoyo.
Some 4x4s live a long life at a sedate pace. Others do their livin’ at a frantic pace and that’s where pedigree counts. This 1993 Land Rover Discovery definitely fits into the latter category. It spent the majority of its life in competition and in places that would make most of us go pale in fear. Its survival is only a step short of a miracle. Some of you might need a reminder on what the Camel Trophy was all about. Imagine taking a small fleet of identical, basically stock, expedition-prepped vehicles to areas of the world where “road” is a loosely defined term. A course is plotted across 1,000-2000 miles of the most desolate and hospitable terrain and unreasonable daily mileage goals are demanded.
La baca lleva 4 maletas Pelican, una segunda rueda de repuesto, gato inflable, planchas de arena, hacha, pala, pico y eslingas. En el interior se llevan 12 galones de agua, 12 galones de combustible, 2 cajas de comida, caja de herramientas, barra de remolque y otras 4 maletas de expedición. Se estiman unos 3.500 kg de peso. El motor Tdi tiene fama mundial por su durabilidad, economia y potencia. Con sus 195 lbs-ft de potencia es capaz de mover el Discovery totalmente cargado en cualquier terreno. Sin carga es un vehiculo rápido y agil.
Llevan en su interior el Terratrip, fundas impermeables en los asientos y una luz para lectura de mapas. Muchas veces el agua y barro entraba hasta por encima del cuadro debido a los profundos vadeos.
Todos los Discovery iban provistos de un motor diesel de 4 cilindros cuya única modificación era un snorkel. Los vehiculos llevaban muelles reforzados, ejes de 4 piñones con diferenciales reforzados abiertos y otros refuerzos que variaban segun el modelo. El equipamiento especial incluia barras antivuelco interiores, baca reforzada, defensa delantera, protector de barra de direccion y cubre deposito, soporte de para winch Superwinch Ox o Warn, puntos de remolque delanteros y traseros, 2 extintores, 8 faros auxiliares, ordenador Terratrip (mas tarde se incorporo el GPS) y neumáticos Michelin XCL.
| TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS / ESPECIFICACIONES | |||||||
| DIMENSIONS | SUSPENSION | ||||||
| Overall length | 4714 mm, including winch and bull bar | Front: | Live beam axle located by radius arm, panhard rod, | Full length roof rack incorporating: | |||
| Overall width: | 2189 mm | telescopic hydraulic dampers, single-rate coil springs | Sand tracks | ||||
| Height: | 2205 mm, including roof rack and jerry cans | Rear: | Live beam axle located by trailing links, 'A' frame, | Felling axe | |||
| Wheelbase: | 2540 mm | telescopic hydraulic dampers, heavy duty triple rate | Shovel | ||||
| Track, front & rear: | 1486 mm | coil springs with additional helper springs. | Pick axe | ||||
| Ground Clearance: | 205 mm (unladen) | 4 spot lamps | |||||
| EEC kerb weight: | 2100 kg (without accesories) | STEERING | |||||
| Fuel Tank Capacity: | 88.6 litres | Type: | Worm and roller. Power assisted with a minimun | Stowage on roof rack for: | |||
| turning radius of 6.32 m (3.375 turns from lock to lock) | 4 expedition cases | ||||||
| ENGINE | Additional spare wheel | ||||||
| Intercooled, turbocharged direct-injection diesel engine with | BRAKES | Towing ropes | |||||
| four cyinders in-line | Front. | 298 mm dia. solid discs, servo assisted | Exhaust jack | ||||
| Cubic capacity: | 2495 cc (152 cu in) | Rear: | 290 mm dia. solid discs, servo assisted | ||||
| Bore: | 90,47 mm (3.56 in) | Internal: | |||||
| Stroke: | 97 mm (3.82 in) | WHEELS | Full internal roll cage | ||||
| compression ratio: | 19.5:1 | 5.5" x 16" | Terratrip electronic trip meter | ||||
| Max. Power (DIN net): | 83 kW (111.3 bhp) at 4,000 rpm | Vehicle speed monitor | |||||
| Max. Torque: | 265 Nm (195 lb ft) at 1,800 rpm | TYRES | GPS (satelite navigation equipment) | ||||
| 7" x 16" Michelin XZL radials | Vehicle compass | ||||||
| TRANSMISSION | Flexible map lamp | ||||||
| Type: | Four-wheel drive | ADDITIONAL FEATURES | VHF radio | ||||
| Gearbox: | 10 forward, 2 reverse | External: | 1 hand-held spot lamp | ||||
| Transfer ratios: | High 1.214:1 / Low 3.308:1 | Matt black bonnet | Hand-held winch control unit | ||||
| final drive ratio: | 3.54:1 | 2 bonnet retaining clips | 2 fire sxtinguishers | ||||
| Clutch: | Single 267 mm diameter, | Bull bar incorporating 2 driving lamps and external winch | Rear compartment dog guard | ||||
| Hydraulically operated dry plate | control socket | ||||||
| 8,500 lb electric winch | Stowage in rear of vehicle for: | ||||||
| Sump guard | 2 x 22 litre water cans | ||||||
| 2 x 3.5 ton towing hitches on front bumper | 2 x 22 litre fuel cans | ||||||
| Raised air intake pipe | 2 waterproof aluminium food boxes | ||||||
| Bush guard wire, bull bar to roof rack | 1 spare parts box | ||||||
| Rear door mounted ladder to roof rack | 1 tool kit | ||||||
| Rear mounted spot lamp | 4 expedition cases | ||||||
| Rear lamp guards | Towing bar | ||||||
| 1 x 5 ton towing hitch on rear bumper | |||||||
| Fuel tank guard | |||||||
Modificaciones a los vehículos de serie para transformación en Camel Trophy
Estas modificaciones se aplican a todos los Discovery salvo los de la edición de Mongolia 97.
Aunque en lla edición de Mongolia 97, estos vehículos tienen unas especificaciones diferentes a las de otras ediciones.
- Modified chassis
- Rear bumper has cut out notch, for 5t tow hitch
- Front bumper end-caps sawn off underneath
- Electric-window switches changed to operate roofrack lamps
- Radiator grille sawn to accept Husky or Warn winch
- (M97: Lamp to illuminate winch mounted behind radiator grille)
- Heavy-duty battery master switch
- Front bumper sawn to accept Husky or Warn winch
- V8 90 4-pinion diffs
- Cut-back rear wheelarches
- 24-spline rear halfshafts
- Modified rear spare-wheel-carrier
- 6-point Safety Devices roofrack bolted onto rollcage, fitted with aluminium sand ladders, felling axe, shovel, pickaxe, 2x Hella driving lamps, 2x Hella fog lamps, sandglow cover and tool lashing straps
- (M97: Tools carried in the vehicle, no sand ladders carried, no axe, no pickaxe, no tool straps. Roofrack specifically designed to carry Perception kayak)
- Front manual windows, rear electrics
- Radio replaced with Land Rover voltmeter and socket for hand searchlamp
- Land Rover waterproof seat covers
- Land Rover rubber mats
- Rear load/dog guard fitted to rollcage
- Rear Camel Trophy lampguards
- Matt black bonnet to prevent reflections from rack lamps
- (M97: Blue anti-reflection panel, with large flag decal)
- 2x bonnet retaining pins
- Camel Trophy bullbar with rectangular Hella driving lamps and winch-control socket
- 10,500 lb Superwinch Camel Trophy Husky electric winch or Warn XD9000
- Dural steering guard
- 2x 3.5-ton towing hitches on front bumper
- Raised air intake (snorkel) and axle breathers
- Bush wires to deflect foliage and branches away from the windscreen
- Rear-door-mounted roof rack access ladder
- Rear roofrack-mounted worklamp
- Rear chassis-mounted 5 ton towing hitch
- Aluminium fuel tank guard
- Additional spare wheels
- 15ft & 30ft tow ropes
- Airbag exhaust jack
- Terratrip
- Vehicle speed monitor
- Garmin GPS
- Vehicle compass
- Lucas flexible map lamp
- VHF radio
- (M97: Also satellite phone)
- Handheld searchlamp
- Heavy-duty handheld Superwinch or Warn winch control
- 2x fire extinguishers
- 2x 22-litre water cans (black NATO plastic 20l jerrycans)
- 2x 22-litre fuel cans (green NATO steel 20l jerrycans)
- 2x waterproof aluminium food boxes
- 1x waterproof aluminium spare parts box
- Toolkit
- 4x Peli 1600 expedition cases
- Heavy-duty steel towing bar
- Michelin XCL or XZL tyres on Land Rover Defender steel rims
- (M97: BFGoodrich Mud-Terrains on Land Rover XS alloys)
- Interior grab-handles removed and blanked off
- Modified sunvisors
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