Liwa 2023 Uphill Race Day 1

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[EvoHKS]

Nice Coverage Peter.

Just a clarification for everyone, this hill climb competition is 300 meters & 50 degrees. They prepare for this race day since a long time (1 year) as it takes place every 1 year end of December in the middle of the desert in Liwa Oasis (Empty Quarter UAE side) Prizes are valuable (every 1st winner in each category gets a new Nissan Patrol Y61) plus a cash prize for the first three places in each category. That’s why “some” don’t run an air filter, they come to this race with spare engines, transmission, axles, driveshaft, etc just like when you go to a drag race competition everything can happen. Most cars belongs to workshops & some have sponsors. Every workshop/team have to proof himself in this competition & for UAE this race is the most popular (there is drag races, drift, 1/2mile race, etc everything comes to your mind) but sand race is different for us, people come all the way from Oman & Saudi Arabia to this event, there is also straight sand drag.

N/A Category most cars run TB48 engine (Nissan Patrol inline 6) and its stroked from 4.8L up to +6.5L (by using a longer stroke crankshaft from 102mm to 130mm & up to 142mm) and running methanol fuel + big camshafts + Nitrous, etc so it makes a lot of power.
Even without Nitrous, a stroked naturally aspirated high compression TB48 can make more than 550whp with race fuel.

[mhmzi]

Amazing video Peter! You are the only one that makes these movies educational and intresting due to the information about classes/tires/engines etc. No music, just pure sound and no fancy editing, Keep up the good work!

[ryanbrockmiller]

DANG! and now I want some Power Horse energy drink. lol I have always loved watching these races. so much carnage so much beautiful engine noises.

[BBC.Customs.]

So that's where the oil in the ground comes from 🤔 😆

Love the coverage Peter, it's appreciated!

[martinultimatevw]

Stock and NA hooks best, money no problem, safety zero, fire safety none, rev limiter....yess 🤣 thanks for covering this gem!

[iBeuB]

Great videos, I’m glad someone covers this wild action…I love this sport! Thank you for the upload, can’t wait for Day2

[TurbineResearch]

These trucks are absolutely wild! Truly fire breathing dragons of the desert 🔥🔥🔥

[kvnhhn]

The amount of money and working hours pulverized is insane 😂

[-MacCat-]

Thank you for bringing this to us Peter.
These guys redefine "balls out racing"!
Major kudos to them for providing excellent entertainment.

[olekaarvaag]

I have never seen people push their engine more than this. Insane. You guys are beautifully crazy ❤️

[mikeduwe]

Wow more excitement in first 3 minutes than whole 2022 video!

[vihreelinja]

The ammount of sand in those engines must be epic.

[gharne]

Watching from New Zealand, wow these boys hit it hard!! impressive

[jokisensimo]

Would be interesting to see some data logs from these runs e.g. wheel speed vs actual car speed.
Great content as always Peter!

[gafrers]

great video of this crazy event 👍
The Subzero cars look great.
Always a shame to see the emergency crews being slow and inadequate. Glad no one got hurt, beside some bruises.
18:00 Motec 1212 or 1812 but Fueltech sponsor/distributor? 🤣🤣 Great eye catching that
Thanks Peter

[IpdsGltR]

Great like always Peter. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more 245 videos

[Cheap_Grey_Plastic]

I don't think I've ever seen a race where this many vehicles break...immediately. Like, not after a few runs... literally drive a few feet and burst into flames/explode/dump all fluids. Fascinating.

[mihalis]

The number of engines that immediately detonated, and lack of rollcages was all somewhat surprising. It's like they threw the engines together, gave em all the boost and fuel, then just ran them at full tilt without tuning them.

[Obtruckie]

Man these things must be tuned right on the edge, so many blow ups. Killer footage again Peter! Love it! Hangout every year for this.

[warponyracing]

They sure know how to make things go boom!!😆