i own a jeep wrangler 2012 and i am purchasing a 87 samurai on monday. I was blown away on the test drive through the arizona desert. the little samurai can go anywhere!
One thing my grandpa tought me about driving in mud offroad is keeping low revs, with high revs you lose traction and control. Especially when driving Suzuki, Suzuki is light and does miracles when driven right. :)
This is applicable for torquey diesel motors which have torque right from lower rpms. The Samurai, or the Gypsy as we call it in India is powered by a 1.3 petrol motor. To access the power you have to rev it as the torque is concentrated at the higher rpms!
Lol, love samurai and hope to get one in about 3 years, I would at least swap it with a v6 or strait 6 desil engine, maybe put some swamped or Baja class o n it, probably leafs rear and coils front, and if I get some money, then front and rear lockers
I own a highly modified 88 Samurai and a slightly modified 98 TJ. Will the Sami out perform the Jeep? About 10% of the time. But theJeep sure can’t compete with the Sidekick 1.6 16 valve 25-28 mpg!
I've said it before, in a Sammy you'll run out of power before you run out of traction, and the stubby little thing can get traction where a lot of other things just can't. That was pretty impressive, frankly.
Suzuki in the late 80s: gets reputation ruined by motor trend and drives the Samurai out of the American market... Because of things like this. Suzuki 30 years later: "They hate us, cuz they ain't us."
Both vehicles have there perks, which means one may be better in certain aspects. Jeeps are bigger, which means they can tow more and carry more gear. Susukis are light and small, which allows better maneuverability. Overall it shouldn't matter what you pick, but how you use it.
Samurai may just be one of the best designed off road vehicles of all time. They are reliable, inexpensive, easy to work on, has huge aftermarket support and extremely capable. It's small, light and fuel efficient. Also, the lack of power makes it very manageable.
An old zooki would still beat the hell outa modern 4x4s. Only Suzuki can build a light but robust 4x4 which just needs a normal petrol 4 banger from any Economy car. People call them TIN CANS, but no one knows how sturdy the body panels are.
jeep should mount his tires the right direction... and not ride the ruts. still might have got hung up but would have done a lot better. and saw the wheel when your slowing down near the top. those tires have awesome side lugs and really pulls when you drive them right
Sammy's are impressive little fella's but put the directional tires on the jeep the correct way.They get loaded with mud and become slicks.Helps to also not have your offset on the wheels sticking out too far.You have to ride in the full size trucks tracks then there's no advantage.
+Marco A. Orozco Velarde stock engine 1364 cm3. last night i was with one just like that in the mud. impressed by the small engine and huge power. only the tires are changed.
I've owned both and they both have their strong points. But I prefer the jeep cause they are more comfortable and ride better. It's mostly driver offroad anyway if the vehicles are comparable.
I was all for the samurai hell I own one, but damn neither of those drivers knew what they where doing booth those rigs could have made it if they didn’t insist on flooring it
Samurai to super terenowe auto tylko czasami mocy brak ja miałem 1.0 i był zbyt słaby jak dostał większe opony . Ostatnio zamontowałem do niego silnik Vitary 1,6 v 8 i terasz jestem zadowolony w stu procentach pozdrawiam i miłej zabawy w terenie
Well they both had uni-directional tires, yet the jeep's were mounted backwards! How do you expect to get traction like that? They would both have made it if the tires were mounted properly. (Probably easier than the suzuki)
What a fanboy, reversing the tyres won't help that much, because they are still cleared out. The main purpose of directional mud tyres is to help them clear the treads. If they are already cleared, then there's not much difference.
