Sport is an activity that is positive for life. Lately, emerging extreme sports community in Indonesia. Offroad is one of the new age motor sports corn grown in Indonesia compared to other automotive type sports. Offroad is a challenging motor sports.
Offroad Activities
From day to day, off-road enthusiasts in Indonesia continues to increase and formed International Offroad Federation (IOF). Federation is an organization for athletes offroad activities, such as race offroad.
Diplomat Challenge of Indonesia (DCI) is one of the most prominent race under the auspices of the IOF and PT Cheetah Cross Country as its event organizer. DCI is considered extreme offroad in the world. Therefore, Wismilak Diplomat as a sponsor, make a motto of “The Real Challenge for the Real offroader” for this event.
Navigating through the obstacles offroad terrain and weight is a challenge that can cause sensation for offroader. Not infrequently, resulting in heavy terrain vehicle damage can not be predicted. To overcome this, each vehicle must be equipped with auxiliary equipment (recovery kit) that diverse.
Offroad Equipment
In a competition, no equipment required to be available in each vehicle, such as Shackle (metal binding), Snatch block, ground anchors (anchor surface), and a hoe or shovel. In addition, the strap (rope puller) is also mandatory in the activities of off-road equipment. This rope serves as a vehicle can not move at all and had to be pulled other vehicles.
Strap chosen is an elastic or flexible, such as rope used sporting bungee jumping. This flexibility has actually economical properties. Towing rope is not elastic, it will cause damage to the towing vehicle and drawn vehicle.
The amount of torque (rotation) required to move the load pull from rest, give rise to very strong impact on the teeth of towing vehicle propulsion systems.
As a result, the transmission system will fall out, propeller shaft (propeller shaft) broke up, and the tires spin (spin in place) a lot of energy spent fuel. Damage to the vehicle that pulled the bumper and the construction of the chassis (frame), especially at the front of the vehicle due to a sudden collision.
If the elastic rope puller is used, the damage can be minimized. Towing vehicle will move in advance so we get the moment to move the swing-drawn vehicles.
Effects of friction and impact on the system drive towing car will be smaller. Meanwhile, the vehicle that pulled will move from point zero velocity with acceleration rise up to speed with towing vehicle.
To equip vehicles with a variety of equipment and requirements, it takes a considerable cost. But, all this is not an obstacle for the lovers of off-road, let alone who intend to enter the competition as an athlete. All equipment shall be complied with and this requirements because security is more important than anything. Achievements in the field of off-road will not be achieved without the excellent preparation.
Offroad Car Modifications
This modification is done by combining multiple machines or other car engine components into one car. In addition, it is also mandatory shock breaker modified by King the unit price reaches 9 million dollars. Merging machine and replacement shock breaker requires very large budget.
Any modification of the car, required experts, mechanics, and different technicians (electrical, machinery, and welders). The total cost required for this modification at least 50 million dollars. But, the money of this magnitude are not sufficient to modify the standard car offroad competitions nationwide.
50 million is only enough money to buy shock breaker. Minimum time required to modify the off-road car is one year. To produce a perfect off-road car engine, it takes a long time.