Thread: What a Spud!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

which leads me to another point..

would some one show me somewhere in australia where you could actually, legally get a landrover up to 160 kph and keep it there for more than say 5 minutes?

Never mind the fact that (stock) they should be on their limiters at something like 140 kph or so

Well, you used to be able to do it in the NT!

I've driven Transit vans and they seem to have plenty of poke.

I know...


darwin to the Alice in a WRX in 8 and a bit hours...

did you know those things sit on the rev limiter in top gear?

You mean Defender ?

When my 2001 td5 Disco was new and stock it would sit on 140 all day do just over 160 regularly when I was in the mood.

Against the GPS it held 157 on cruise control. and that was for lots of minutes.

Now it is chipped and schtuff it will still sit on 140 all day, but I havent gone much faster so dont know her top speed.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

which leads me to another point..

would some one show me somewhere in australia where you could actually, legally get a landrover up to 160 kph and keep it there for more than say 5 minutes?

Never mind the fact that (stock) they should be on their limiters at something like 140 kph or so

sorry yeah deefers and its a typo should have been 150...

I do know that the trip back from Newcastle early this year towing the Pajero. I was passing cruisers and the like with their box trailers. Most of them would down shift as I passed to try and catch up. Friend and I keep the speed up as that was just before I removed te stuffed torque converter and if we let the speed drop the Box temp would rise. Rig had more go to.

i thinks its funny

because so many people have slagged the 07 defender with out any first hand experience

but wait until the first few arrive and people start seeing them out and about...........but bet everyone will want one

When I first read the new Defender specs I was inclined to think the same about the engine - however I remember how I keep on getting passed or rapped off going up hills by huge diesel transit vans with big roofs. As I understand it the new Defender has the same basic engine in a different state of tune.

If that basic engine can pull a big transit van then I am sure it will do a defender proud. I have heard the transit 2.4 has some reliablity problems and knowing landrover the same issues will crop up in the defender but lets hope that for once this is not the case.

I have no experience with either - so comments also based on heresay.

Garry

Well I agree that he is talking out of his @rse, but he has a valid point about the small motor for Australian conditions.

I have ordered a 110 (god knows when it will get here) with the 2.4 because that is the only choice I get. If there was an option for a V8 twin turbo, or even a V8 single turbo (or even a V6 turbo...) then I would have ordered one of them. Everyone wants more power.

Instead, people like us spend more $$ on chipping, big exhausts, bigger intercoolers etc, all to get more power from our 'small' motors.

Off road it is not an issue, but doing highway driving in a loaded 300TDi/TD5 (and I suspect in the new 2.4 too) you could use more poke.