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loiner1965

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as this is my first landy so to speak...its a 109 series 3 2 1/4 petrol with deestones xtrac tyres on around....bit noisey so i might put some road tyres on...just wondering as i potter along around 60 / 65 on the motorway is this pushing it...as they no rev counter am i close to the destruction zone:eek:
 
loiner1965 said:
as this is my first landy so to speak...its a 109 series 3 2 1/4 petrol with deestones xtrac tyres on around....bit noisey so i might put some road tyres on...just wondering as i potter along around 60 / 65 on the motorway is this pushing it...as they no rev counter am i close to the destruction zone:eek:
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My SWB S3 petrol can 'cruise' nicely at 55MPH ... but at 60+ you feel the cogs are about to smash their way out of the gearbox.

If you can get a good overdrive unit you could 'cruise' at about 60-65MPH I guess

I got overtaken on the M6 a week ago by a modern Defender that looked totally standard.. I was in my other car doing about 80 ;) and he flew straight past me :eek:
 
GingerPuss said:
My SWB S3 petrol can 'cruise' nicely at 55MPH ... but at 60+ you feel the cogs are about to smash their way out of the gearbox.

If you can get a good overdrive unit you could 'cruise' at about 60-65MPH I guess

I got overtaken on the M6 a week ago by a modern Defender that looked totally standard.. I was in my other car doing about 80 ;) and he flew straight past me :eek:
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will lift off the throttle then:D
 
Yeah, you know the place on the gearstick that's behind 3rd, if you stick it there, you go faster!! :D
 
I used to get a registered 80 out of mine many years ago, it was hang on and go and everything that would rattle would. Not very nice at them speeds the SWB.

Andy.
 
No neither did I but honestly the thing didn't half go, but when in a truck cab LWB the 2.25 in actually rather fun.:D

Andy:)
 
I remember coming down the Autobahn in the late 70s in a, then, new 109 FFR (so heavy) at an indicated 130kph. That's about 80mph, judging by other traffic not far out. Kept it up for a couple of hours. When I slowed down the oil light came on at about 40!
All on Goodyear Extra Grips (so I was nearly death by then) but we won't think about that too much!
 
60? do that in 3rd mate dunno bout 4th never really nailed it apart from when i first got it an were flying up m6 bout 70
 
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