TD5 Top Speed

[zootransporter]

I would be interested to hear others experience with the top speed achievable with a TD5 Auto.

I've just returned from a day trip south of Darwin - into the "free speed zone" and decided to give the TD5 a run. Flat out with a slight downhill runup I could only manage 150k. Once I reached the flat it lost a bit to sit on 145. The vehicle is running a snorkel, 255/55 R18 road tyres and otherwise fairly standard.

My previous TDi could only manage 140 before reaching terminal velocity - didnt matter if it was down hill or not. I did expect more from the 5 but then again with the aerodynamics of a brick I guess I should not expect too much.

Appreciate other comments / experiences.

[Bytemrk]

This should be interesting to read...


I've had the V8 at a bit over 160 and still accellerating....


But remember the aerodynamics of a disco fit somwhere between those af a Brick and the average hippopotomus ( RON.... Help.... I can't spell Hippo!! {Or anything else for that matter..})


I'd be interested to hear the differences between those with and without chips too....


Mark

[abaddonxi]

Originally posted by Bytemrk
hippopotomus ( RON.... Help.... I can't spell Hippo!! {Or anything else for that matter..})


H-I-P-P-O I know, then comes P-O-T...




<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>"I can spell dog--d o g, I can spell log--l o g, I can spell fog--f o g; but I can't spell Hippopotamus. H i p p o I know, then comes pot, but that's as far as I can go and that's what bothers me, Gee!
I can spell hat--h a t, I can spell fat--f a t, I can spell sat--s a t; but I can't spell Hippopotamus. H i p p o I know, then comes pot, but that's as far as I can go and that's what bothers me, Gee!"[/b][/quote]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U-S
From the motion picture Hugo the Hippo
Music and lyrics by Robert Larimer
He walks like an elephant,
He swims like a whale.
His head's like a pail,
It's pathetic!
Oh, plainly his tail's
Unaesthetic.

Though Nature endowed him poorly,
I still love the hippo dearly.
My H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U-S
Yes!
I love the hippo
H-I-P-P-O!
I love the hippo
H-I-P-P-O!
H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U-S!

Though Nature endowed him poorly,
I still love the hippo dearly.
My H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U-S
Yes!
I love the hippo
H-I-P-P-O!
I love the hippo
H-I-P-P-O!
H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U
H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U
H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U-S! [/b][/quote]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door,
that's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too![/b][/quote]


Oh if I only had a life.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Cheers
Simon

[Bytemrk]

hahahaha..

Simon I thought I was the only poor bastard still here without a life on a Sunday night... 8O


Mark

[def90]

Havent had a chance to run my TD5 flat out but did hit 140 prior to chipping. Would think 150 is in easy reach with Chip now....

Thats in a Defender 90

[CraigE]

I had a demo TD5 auto when they first came out up to 165kph with my wife and the salesman inside. Even the salesman was impressed. The Defender I have had up to about 145kph on a good day.
My tdi Disco manual would sit on 140 no problems on even ground all day if required.

[cewilson]

It's not a Td5, but the 200tDi in my 93 Defender used to hit 145km/h up here in the Territory. Minor hills used to drop the speed down to around 120 though!

BTW, I fitted Discovery high-range gears into the transfer case when I put the Maxi-Drives in! :wink:

[NOZ]

165kms in Discovery PASS :wink:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

yea NOZ, mine will still do 160 odd in FIFTH!(after 270k) would like to think even better in 4th,, LOTS of belts and things whizzing around under the bonnet at that speed though 8O

[NOZ]

Its just 160ks in a brick shaped vehicle that handles and stops like a small truck, umm well it just not for me.

I love speed but there are horses for courses :wink:

IMHO

[Tyrepower]

Originally posted by NOZ
165kms in Discovery PASS :wink:

Yep I'm with Noz on this. 160+ that's what Big bore bikes and V8's are for.
Landy's are for seeing the country side at a much more sedate pace.
Sort of dignified, to match the manufacturers intent.

[Steinzy]

Originally posted by Tyrepower+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tyrepower)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-NOZ
165kms in Discovery PASS :wink:

Yep I'm with Noz on this. 160+ that's what Big bore bikes and V8's are for.
[/b][/quote]

That's why I bought a V8 Rangie! https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[101RRS]

We had this "mine is bigger than yours" discussion a month back but it just so happens I had to go the Sydney early sat morning from Canberra and was running late - was driving my old L series diesel Freelander.

Was able to travel around 130k most of the distance at just over 3100 rpm and still got 36 mpg - A/C on

Touched on 160kph at Bargo on the flat with tacho just under 4000 rpm - just under max power and there felt a bit more in it. All those mighty 72kw were working well as the resulting smog attested too.

So if we want bragging rights - my hippo is better outright than your old fenders on about par with a TD5 disco (dare I push the argument as say a chipped disco td5) and blows Tdi discos into the weeds.

Its not bad considering only 72 kw and the hippo is called that for a reason - heavy, fat, wide and has a big arse - a bit like its owner I guess.

Gazz

[disconut]

TD5 Manual Fender for interest.

Mine got 140 kph pre chipped (out of Darwin),
chipped 150kph, but I backed off, so 155kph is probably it. A high range gear set from the Disco may help get 160kph but that is only a guess.

Trev.

[Slunnie]

I've had the Disco TD5 at 160km/h loaded to the roof after a Simpson Desert crossing. It was actully just a smidge under that speed actually, maybe 159km/h. That was on standard Michelin 235 tyres, King 2" lift, bull bar, auto transmission and no power upgrades. We generally sat on about 140km/h down to the border of SA, and as the speed picked up the economy really dropped away.

[noddy]

Are these quoted speeds from GPS or speedos?? Especially relevant for the Defender fraternity.... :wink:

[PhilipA]

Love you guys.
You buy the oil burners for economy and put up with the slug like acceleration and overtaking , then you are interested in top speed!
Seems inconsistent to me.
My 3.9 Classic is governed to 180 KMh, because of the tyres speed rating . With my mods it would probably beat 200Kmh ungoverned but boy it would be "bum puckering"
It sits on 120 Kmh with about 1mm of throttle and climbed Mt Ousley Wollongong loaded with camping gear in top at 80/90 Kmh ( because of the speed limit only) without kicking down for 90 % of the climb.
But I concede it only gets about 16-17lper 100 Km in that sort of country
Regards Philip A

[zootransporter]

I'm not particularly interested in consistently driving at the top speed or cruising at high speed, however tempting that is the open speed areas of the NT. The question was posed primarily to gauge the current performance of my vehicle to what others had experienced.
It seems from the replies that what my vehilce achieved is fairly consistent with other standard TD5's.
I can continue my happy cruising at about 120K with reasonable economy and a bit left for overtaking. Thanks for all the replies.

Peter

[Fendi]

Once I had 175 Kph on the speedo. On the GPS it was only 164 Kph. Defender TD5 with 235/85 R16.

But this was not funny anymore.. 8O

[Omaroo]

A week ago I hit 140 overtaking a truck that was swaying all over the road and driving like a ninny. I don't think that I'd want to go any faster.

[Slunnie]

My speed (159km/h) was from the speedo in a Discovery 2.