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| zs1sam Member Since: 21 Jun 2013 Location: Cape Town Posts: 30   
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Generally change gears between 2000 and 2500 rpm. occassionally at 3000. Just completed a 4500 km trip through the Northern Cape Province, SE Namibia and down the west coast (South Africa for he uninformed!!). Camping all the way and loaded. About 3000km off tar and on bad gravel and sand tracks.
Overall consumption 9.6 l/100km. |
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29th Apr 2014 5:45pm |
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| skyeplumb Member Since: 22 Apr 2013 Location: Isle of Skye Posts: 134  
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Not very! usually full of tools or kids or pulling a trailer + the slower I go the longer I get to enjoy the journey / scenery / Defender.
 Series IIa Lightweight - Long Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi - Sold Defender 110 XS 07MY Utility |
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29th Apr 2014 6:57pm |
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| rleslie Member Since: 10 May 2012 Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire Posts: 128 
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After a few mods its hard not to drive with some enthusiasim. Mine runs out of steam around 3900rpm......
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29th Apr 2014 8:26pm |
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| Cold_n_Wet Member Since: 15 Oct 2012 Location: Bergen Posts: 244 
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mine seams to like everything over 2000, under 2000 sounds like I am labouring it.
Offtopic/ Regard and ZS1SAM, this world is far too small..... Hello from Norway 
I miss the bush, the wife says I have bush fever... Ontopic/ There is a rev limiter for a reason.... "Rafiki" 2007 110 STW - Rolling rebuild. |
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29th Apr 2014 8:35pm |
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| newhue Member Since: 28 Apr 2014 Location: Brisbane Posts: 351 
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I believe they are governed, as are all diesels. So revving it hard should not hurt it at all. And generally a labouring motor will break well before a non laboured motor.
I find changing under 2000rpm often makes the motor labour if it's not on a flat road, so I stick between 2500 and 3000 for most gears except 1st. Every now and then I make it scream at 4000 to loosen any carbon that shouldn't be hanging around. |
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30th Apr 2014 12:43am |
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| Regard Member Since: 08 Dec 2011 Location: RSA Posts: 251 
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Long time no see/speak.... Yes, you still said that you now need to do RSA, Lesotho, Namibia! Once the Africa bug has bit, there is no stopping it! Hope to see you soon down here. |
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30th Apr 2014 6:44am |
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| AlanH Member Since: 15 Mar 2010 Location: WA Posts: 242
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I don't generally thrash it but like to change up when it's running smoothly at about 2000rpm. That of course can change if some turkey fancies burning me off in his old Tojo or Nisscan or whatever and the BAS remap comes into it's own in 4th, 5th and 6th........
AlanH. |
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30th Apr 2014 8:34am |
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| alfajock Member Since: 12 Jan 2011 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 227  
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Well, I generally burble around at low revs enjoying the soundtrack, but when in the mood the old girl picks up her skirts and pulls well up to about 4,500 with a surprising turn of speed and a nice hard edged roar.
But then it is a petrol v8 Fully Restored 89 110 CSW V8
CLS 350 CDI for the sensible stuff |
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30th Apr 2014 7:20pm |
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| martinfiattech Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: leicester Posts: 422 
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Like miss daisy between 2000 and 2500 rpm every now and again it sees 4000 but it`s a bit loud,
I did`ent buy it to go fast I wanted something to last and plenty of room for my kit It is fun when you can sit on a saxo`s rear waiting for the speed limiter to come in  Excuse the spelling I`am better with spanners and wires. |
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