Speed

Just gave her some pastie on the way home. Reached 105 but was reving its tits off felt like it was the gearbox that could do with another gear rather that the engine lack of power

tomcat59alan said:

Had my last Classic VM at 95 passing Valencia on the motorway with a 1800 kg twin axle tin hut on the back, Now that was scarey . My P38 (chipped) will easily do 90,will try to take it to the limit tomorrow. Look out for traffic problems on the M56.

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Hi, all flowers /grapes to ward 32 Arrrow Park hospital please

tomcat59alan said:

Hi, all flowers /grapes to ward 32 Arrrow Park hospital please

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What you get it up to?

gfromleeds said:

What you get it up to?

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Sounds ominous!

Thor1950 said:

trans looking for OD. have it checked while a cheap fix

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What does that mean?

gazzab79 said:

What does that mean?

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Transexual looking for old dick, had it chopped for a cheap thrill.

jacckk said:

I would check the MAF and the catalytic converters.

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MAF is fine, I have a maintenance routine that includes cleaning it with carb cleaner and my Hawkeye gives live data readings of air mass per second which seem not to be out or norms. It also tells me timing advances from around 15 degrees to around 47 depending on revs. I know my injectors are new but the one thing I'm not able to check is fuel pressure in the rail. I mean if you press on the nipple valve it jets out but I have nothing at my disposal to get a precise reading. As for cats, this was a special export model built by Land Rover's SVU and was never equipped. I've no oil in water or water in oil and manual sniff test (ie literal sniff test) doesn't suggest a crack anywhere but I think I'll have the cylinder compressions tested for peace of mind and maybe the brake calipers and wheel bearings serviced / replaced. Actually I just remembered I've an IR temp reader somewhere so will take it for a long run and see if any of the wheels is significantly hot first. If all that fails it's probably down to the fuel quality which is quite shockingly bad around here.
*Many of you know Germany is home where I spend half the year and the other half I work in Bangladesh which is where the car lives.

gfromleeds said:

What you get it up to?

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You heartless b*stard

0-112 in 44 secs. 112-0 in less that 2 seconds. eek:

tomcat59alan said:

0-112 in 44 secs. 112-0 in less that 2 seconds. eek:

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Not quite up to the F1 standard yet then. 0 to 100 and stop in 4 seconds.

Discussing maximum speed may not be wise if stating anything other than manufacturers quoted.

Also videos on youtube a bad idea unless you have your own private road or airfield.

fanatic said:

Discussing maximum speed may not be wise if stating anything other than manufacturers quoted.

Also videos on youtube a bad idea unless you have your own private road or airfield.

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Tut, don't be such a spoilsport, there are certain people just quietly , watching and waiting

gfromleeds said:

Just gave her some pastie on the way home. Reached 105 but was reving its tits off felt like it was the gearbox that could do with another gear rather that the engine lack of power

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Try putting it in D instead of 3rd.

wammers said:

Try putting it in D instead of 3rd.

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Lol was in d just felt like it could give more if it wasnt reving so high

gfromleeds said:

Lol was in d just felt like it could give more if it wasnt reving so high

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You sure the torque convertor is locking up?

I think its all as it should be! just think the box should have and extra gear cos itll do 100 easy but its reving so high it cant be good for it

wammers said:

Not quite up to the F1 standard yet then. 0 to 100 and stop in 4 seconds.

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Would need the R/R extra if the P38 had that sort of performance, a mechanical arm with a scraper to get you off the windscreen





















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tomcat59alan said:

0-112 in 44 secs. 112-0 in less that 2 seconds. eek:

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Did you bin it doing a top speed run then?

gfromleeds said:

I think its all as it should be! just think the box should have and extra gear cos itll do 100 easy but its reving so high it cant be good for it

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If it's a doozel think i am right in saying 2000 RPM in torque lockup top gear should give you around 56 MPH that's 28 MPH per 1000 RPM. 4000 RPM which is fuel cut off start under load, equates to 112 MPH. So you should see a ton at around 3500 RPM. That is hardly revving it's balls off.