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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: spiker 1 on January 15, 2010, 18:46:54

Title: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: spiker 1 on January 15, 2010, 18:46:54: whats the average motorway speed you do mine gets pretty rough at around 60 also get a bit of gear whine?
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: Jake on January 15, 2010, 19:29:51: You could always fit a overdrive or a transfer box from a Discovery 1
My 300tdi is happy at 70mph and will be getting a overdrive in the next few months
:D
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: L90OOK on January 15, 2010, 20:30:02: Just put Disco High Range gears in your T/box. A re-map will help with the higher gearing.
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: spiker 1 on January 15, 2010, 21:51:56: sounds like the way to go with higher ratio transfer box ,got a trip to spain in it this summer and it feels like it might be hard work the doing the distance at the mo
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: bogie on January 16, 2010, 21:38:53: I put a 1.211 off a late disco and cruise at 80 no prob.
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: graham2306 on January 18, 2010, 16:27:39: Quote from: bogie on January 16, 2010, 21:38:53
I put a 1.211 off a late disco and cruise at 80 no prob.

The mere thought of cruising at 80 mph on a set of Colway Annacondas makes me scared. Rather you than me.
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: bogie on January 18, 2010, 22:19:02: Had it up to 115 on my last set,bit deaf for a while but hey you either love em or hate em,and i love the m***** f******!
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: Range Rover Ron on January 22, 2010, 19:03:26: Disoc transfer box is the way to go.
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 23, 2010, 14:33:53: Only thing I'd say is that having fitted 235/85s to Blue it styruggles to pull in top cog, if I'm towing or against a head wind then forget it, the gearing is too tall.
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: Ridgeback on January 23, 2010, 18:42:41: I would go with the disco transfer box as mentioned.

My Td5 has a GKN overdrive, when it was working I really liked it but this is the second one its had. The first lasted 60K and 7 years, the one on it now is only 2 years and around 10,000 miles old. It gave up on me a few weeks ago.

It left me with no reverse gears and was slipping in forward gears. They cost around £1000, if you can get one Vs the disco transfer box at anything from £50-£400.
I now have 2 very expensive paper weights!

I put a 1.2 disco transfer box in my 200tdi 90 and It was loads better at speeds between 60-70.
It was nice having the option to keep the standard gearing then use the overdrive for speeds over 60 but I don't want parts fitted to my defender that are are so tempermental and could leave you with no drive.
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 29, 2010, 11:01:41: Maybe I'm a bit of a plodder on the m-ways?, but I tend to stick at about 50MPH when I'm out in the 110*

If I need to get somewhere quicker, I'll take the Volvo estate, or the XKR

*Or is it just that I'm being parsimonious??
Title: Re: cruising speed of td5 110
Post by: william127 on February 01, 2010, 10:21:02: did 600 miles in my 110 td5 at the weekend, on 235/85s, cruised at about 75, and could easily do 85+, top speed iv ever had is 98 :twisted: