Top speed from Series 3?

I was talking to someone at work the other day. He asked what the top speed my S3 SWB 2.25 Diesel (no overdrive) could do. I told him that 45 mph in 4th gear was about all. From other posts on ths forum that seems right.

My colleague said he used to have one and thinks that 60 should be possible. I don't believe him on this.

What do you think?

you can do 60 but would need an OD

top speed is 52 by the book isn't it ? but at that you probably wont have much series or bones left by the end of your journey

I once did 63 mph in a 2/25 diesel series 3 109". That was the speed on a sat nav.

Injector pump blew up not long after mind.

i can get around 45 mph out of my na diesel, don't think the speedo is terribly accurate though and the needle swings about all over the place.

mostly i just potter about so 30 is about what i can get up to before having to slow down

Yeah about 45 is about right I would say...maybe 50 if you dare???

(My 2.25 diesel 88" will sit quite happy at abot 60-65, but that's with an OD and 7.50 wheels)

my series 3 88 petrol 2.25 just about gets to forty must get the sat nav out and check it i have 16 x750 tyres just wonder if that would make a difference

55 hapily with engine , injectots / pump set nicely, 60 out of my petrol 2.25, but have done it with a diesel, nearly rattled it to bits tho

2.25 Diesel with OD, it will do 50-55 at a push, but not a pleasant experience. Like others have said pottering at 30 is fine.

darius said:

2.25 Diesel with OD, it will do 50-55 at a push, but not a pleasant experience. Like others have said pottering at 30 is fine.

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A Series does not do top speed, it was never meant to, no way, a Series trundles along, and when all the pretentious crap get's stuck in snow or mud, the Series just trundles along.

I got 63 (on the gps) out of my 4 speed 2.25 petrol S3 on the M3 one morning. I was drafting a lorry for ages, pulled out of his slipstream and slingshotted past him, like a bloody NASCAR!

On a normal A road, I quite often see 55, but it's most comfortable at about 40 / 45 (my sphincter's twitching starts becoming disconcertingly rapid above that)

Same here. They have that effect.

Just blown my 2.25 petrol in my series 2a today at 43 mph on the A19

I think the 95 printed on the speedo is a tad optimistic

I remember my granddad frequently going motorway speeds (70+) in the series 3 88", it did have an overdrive and bigger wheels fitted though as well as a 2.5 out a 90

I got a free overdrive today just saying

and its a minter

Dr_evil said:

I got a free overdrive today just saying

and its a minter

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Stick it on ebay then.... thas 600 quid kerching

Dr_evil said:

I got a free overdrive today just saying

and its a minter

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But the top speed for yours at the minute is in single digits

Sirus said:

Stick it on ebay then.... thas 600 quid kerching

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well the midget had called dibs on it but she was rather ungrateful so it may be an ebay job

told her I'd spent 4 hours releasing it from its rusty tomb, saw it and said oh……..more landrover bits

samc88 said:

But the top speed for yours at the minute is in single digits

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Not for mine its now got a 5 speed box mated up as of today and soon to be a salisbury HD rear axle and standard fender front axle off an 89 TDi

its all well and good doing these "speeds" ( use the term speed loosely ) but its stoppin the fukcer after, the shoes and drums were never meant to take it, i hapily plod round at 30 - 40 in me 2.25 petrol ser2

90truckcab said:

its all well and good doing these "speeds" ( use the term speed loosely ) but its stoppin the fukcer after, the shoes and drums were never meant to take it, i hapily plod round at 30 - 40 in me 2.25 petrol ser2

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11''x3'' drums stops the fookers

samc88 said:

I think the 95 printed on the speedo is a tad optimistic

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Unless you have a V8 under the bonnet

blue beasty said:

11''x3'' drums stops the fookers

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So do discs all round like mine has