RE: SER1 Fairey overdrive 1952 80 inch

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110km/hr?? That was the 2 of us, in summer, dressed in shorts and flip
flops, the Land Rover roofless and empty, tailwind and on tarmac.
Compare that to Your machine with a hardtop, full expedition kit on dirt
tracks in Labrador. With the OD engaged and probably on 7.50's and the
engine somewhat less than pristine??

these are scenarios at opposite ends of the spectrum.

I also hear Australia is mostly flat?? Maty have something to do with the
good gas mileage.
Tom T



-----Original Message-----
From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On
Behalf Of George E Sollish
Sent: February 24, 2006 10:42 AM
To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: SER1 Fairey overdrive 1952 80 inch


Hi Diana,

I'm probably not driving it hard enough :-)  I know that Tom T has his '52
set to rev much higher than I'm comfortable, and he manages 110 km/hr plus
on his 7.50x16's.  Bear in mind, also, that I'm lugging around a steel
body and my feeling is largely based on having several hundred extra
pounds of gear aboard during TransLab.  Your mileage may differ ...

Planning underway for '07.

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

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Eighty Inch wrote:

> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:43:06 +1100
> From: Eighty Inch <eightyinch@xxx.xxx.xx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: SER1 Fairey overdrive 1952 80 inch
>
> George
>
> It is interesting that you say that the 2 litre is underpowered for the
> Rocky Mountain Roverdrive.  I have a friend in Victoria who has an 86"
with
> a standard spread bore 2 litre and R205 X16 tyres.  The vehicle takes him
on
> long trips everywhere even regularly towing an off road camper trailer.
He
> had a sticker on the back saying "SPEED LIMITED 75 Km/H".  After he fitted
> the Roverdrive he has removed the sticker and cruises along the highway at
> 55MPH effortlessly and returns 28 M/Imp. Gal.  He suggests that the engine
> feels like it would go forever at that speed.
>
> Cheers
> Diana
>
>
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