Thread: TD5 Top Speed

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

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.



Cheers
Simon

hahahaha..

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


Mark

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

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.

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:

165kms in Discovery PASS :wink:

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