Re: [lro] Roverdrive vs. High Ratio Transfer Box

From: Mark Pilkington (mark@skywagons.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 14:10:14 EST

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    TeriAnn, You know Timm Cooper even better than I do. He is of the school of
    thought that you should not have to spend the whole weekend getting to where
    you want to four wheel. I was amazed at the ease and stability of a Series
    Land Rover at speed. After all, if I am honest, it only looks like a series
    Land Rover. Underneath that classic aerodynamic box shape is a V8 and NP435
    Tranny with powersteering and chevy rear diff and halfshafts. If I need
    running gear parts, I go into Kragen and buy everything I need for a 74
    Chevy Pickup. The 33 inch BFG's track and speed well. It would do100 if I
    realy wanted to, but it has aerodynamic forces on the body that Mr Wilkes
    never intended in 1948 when he came up with a "good idea"
        I should be getting it back from BCB Offroad in two weeks. I will then
    bore you all to death with how it all works together as a machine.
    Kind regards,
    Mark

    TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:

    > On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Mark Pilkington wrote:
    > > be one eventually on my Series IIa to drop the RPM at 80 mph from 3000
    > > to
    > > 2200 which will save a lot of gas.
    >
    > You are taking a series rig up to 80 MPH on a regular basis as a
    > highway cruise speed? Oh lordy lordy lordy!! And I bet you are
    > planning to do this with oversize tyres too.
    >
    > Mind if I take a life insurance policy out on you?
    >
    > And I'm just happy to be cruising at 65 MPH at around 2750 RPM and
    > reserve 70 MPH for passing them uppity 4.6 Range Rovers on grades. And
    > I keep the tyres balanced, toe in spot on and know the steering
    > geometry is within one tenth of one degree from factory spec. Had it
    > laser measured I did.
    >
    > 80 mph @ 2,200 RPM, oh my! That has got to calculate out to 100 MPH @
    > <3000 RPM!
    >
    > TeriAnn
    >
    > 1960 Land Rover 109 Dormobile conversion "The Green Rover" owned for 25
    > years
    >
    > The new car:
    > 1961 Triumph TR3A only owned for only 17 years
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