bm52 wrote:

BIGFOG wrote:

Interesting BM, possibly a 90 feels quite different to a 110 at speed, mine (110) feels solid as a rock at 70, 80 +.
Plus there are a plethora of different suspension set ups, many of which would never have been developed with high speed motorway cruising in mind!!

out of interest what suspension set up have you got?

i have standard springs, Tuffback dampers at the rear and this weekend i'm fitting Koni's on the front. all aimed at a smoother ride. if i like the Koni's i might fit them on the rear as well.

BIGFOG wrote:

Fair shout BM, I've probably done similar motorway miles in my time, certainly the defender is not the best when at cornering limits and yes Ive seen the rollover photos which do make you wonder about purchasing a full roll cage - but I still love zooming past a BMW 'soft roader' at silly speeds!!

you probably know River Hill going up from the Weald roundabout to Sevenoaks.......caught a few supposedly quick cars up that hill in the dual lane bit, and then sweeping past them up round the bends. don't you just love torque  BM52

party monkey wrote:

T1G UP wrote:

party monkey wrote:

bm52 wrote:

call me a wimp but i'm not sure i'd want to do 100 in a Defender.............

x2

My mates got an old 90 with the same 3.9V8 lump+Auto box that I had in my old Disco. That will happily sit at 90 in a straight line. God help you when you wanna slow down quickly though....... Not a nice place to be..... 10 minutes as a passenger in his is all I need to remind me to be gentle in mine.

Dunno what it's like in a PUMA but at much over 65-70 in a stock Td5 all you can hear is .....

'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'

Perhaps a rather cunning safety feature.... take your foot off the gas or your ears will bleed!

disco transfer box next then eh!

Yep - could well be..... Am already kicking myself for flogging my old V8 disco.... and... what's worse... to see the dude that bought it posting pictures of all the offroad fun he's having with it on Landyzone.....

Go on make my evening.... I guess it would have been dead easy to put the Disco TB in mine wouldn't it ???

I am such a c*ck for selling that disco