RE: SER1 S1 Event.

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Hi Tom,

If I remember correctly, Rover listed the Series I's official 'top speed'
at 52 mi/hr.  That may have been with the early 4.88's so, 52 x 4.88 /4.70
= 54 mi/hr.  Now adjust for my slightly smaller diameter tires and the 51
mi/hr registered by my GPS several times south of Chaumont on the way to
Silver Lake would seem just about 'top'.  Your Landy will, no question
(I've got the white knuckles to prove it), leave mine in the dust, so
there may be something to checking the throttle linkage, but I don't think
I'm embarassing the Belgian rapid deployment force too terribly badly :-)

My concern is not hill climbing -- I think, given enough time, my TT will
climb a tree.  I'm more worried about the overtaking speed of those around
me and the brakes on downhill.  Have you looked at the hill east of North
Adams, the one with the serious 10 mi/hr 180 hairpin a third below the
summit?  I could drop down in second or third, but I still have to contend
with the F450 camper yahoo doing 70 mi/hr behind me.  Not pleasant.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Tom Tollefson wrote:

> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:36:56 -0400
> From: Tom Tollefson <tollefson@xxxxxxx.xx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: RE: SER1 S1 Event.
>
> Hello George
> Unless Your engine is completely clapped out or the TT's body, being made
> from steel, adds enormous amounts of weight, I fail to comprehend why Your
> Land Rover is so sluggish. Have You checked that the accelerator linkage
> allows for a full throttle position? A check and a subsequent adjustment
> resulted in a significant improvement on my machine.
> Especially with Your new Weber You should have no problems with hills and
> such.
> The overdrive won't help either if the power isn't there.
>
> In an effort to cure my mystery rattle I proceeded to refurbish first the
> water pump and then the generator only to
> have the problem persist. A closer inspection of the flywheel revealed a
> "mud excluder"(263 001) that, normally fastened to the timing cover by means
> of drive screws, had managed to come off and was sort of dangling on the
> spinning crankshaft behind the pulley assembly, hence the dingling sound.
>
> The pulley , of course will not come off entirely without first removing fan
> blades and cowling so I resorted to tin snips to remove the offending piece.
> I'll have to deal with this properly at a later time.
>
> Well, at least I know my genny and water pump won't give me trouble for a
> while.
>
> Tom T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On
> Behalf Of George E Sollish
> Sent: August 9, 2004 10:06 AM
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: SER1 S1 Event.
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I thought about the Thruway, but even with the overdrive I'd still
> probably be running 20 mi/hr less than the Capitol District traffic -- not
> safe.  And when you factor in the number of 'what on earth is that'
> shenanigans the TT elicits from other drivers, I think not.  Through
> Bennington is probably best. US 20, because it takes forever to get
> through metro Albany, second best.
>
> George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
> 			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project
>
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