I would think you should be able to get up to higher speeds on the flat,
barring any headwinds. I'd check compression and make sure the motor
just isn't old and tired. Also jack it up and see how easy it is to
spin the wheels to make sure that the brakes aren't overadjusted. If
your timing is set to what the manual says, that will cut down your
power a bit. Make sure the tires are inflated properly as under-inflated
tires cause extra drag.
Rick Behning wrote:
>
> This is my first land rover, 71' IIA 88", I have put on 33" tires, but I am experiencing what I feel is low road speeds. Maybe it is the tires but I had this notion that my rover would be velocity limited by the transmission, hence the need for overdrives, which I have. The fact is though that I can slowly accelerate to about 30-35 mph in third and dont; accerate mutch inb fourth, maybe I can get the beast up to 50 in 3rd and a half, but this all seems very slow and wrong. Some feed back on what I should be expecting would be very helpfull, as if I am just being unrealistic then i won't spend money on taking it to the shop to be looked at. Any thoughts? I thought I would be able to get her up to 60 maybe 70 with the big tires. Either I am crazy or there is a problem.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Rick Behning
> Staff Engineer, E.I.T.
> City Of Greeley
> 970.336.4145
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