{"id":14398,"date":"2017-02-01T14:37:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14398"},"modified":"2019-10-04T17:46:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T22:46:01","slug":"uphill-sand-racing-engines-go-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14398","title":{"rendered":"Uphill Sand Racing Engines Go Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=14400\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UAE Uphill Sand Racing engine failures\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;UAE Uphill Sand Racing engine failures&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UAE Uphill Sand Racing engine failures\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The engines in any drag racing sport are continually pushed to their breaking point. Below is a compilation of uphill sand racing competitors in UAE unfortunately pushing their engines beyond the breaking point. If you don&#8217;t like seeing engines get destroyed then please turn back now. Otherwise sit back and watch as turbo inline-six and V8 engines go boom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCVFTiB63mg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCL31OnBCeJNu0ACp9olaMUA\">PeterBjorck<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engines in any drag racing sport are continually pushed to their breaking point. Below is a compilation of uphill sand racing competitors in UAE unfortunately pushing their engines beyond the breaking point. If you don&#8217;t like seeing engines get destroyed then please turn back now. Otherwise sit back and watch as turbo inline-six and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14398\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uphill Sand Racing Engines Go Boom<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patrol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UAE-Uphill-Sand-Racing-engine-failures.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35668,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35668","url_meta":{"origin":14398,"position":0},"title":"Uphill Sand Racing at Liwa 2019","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Racers gather in Liwa, UAE with their heavily modified SUVs to see who can be the fastest up Moreeb Dune. 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