V10 power! (Governed)
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Cargo Master
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V10 power! (Governed)
Yesterday I was on a country road in line behind three cars and a semi. The line was led by a slow-moving AutoZone maintenance truck doing five under the speed limit…
First available opportunity I gave the skinny pedal 100% and passed the whole line. It made me wish I had a high performance muffler :-)Just as I got to the front there was a good deal of spark knock as usual, and much to my surprise and dismay the engine completely died out. But I had enough speed and travel to still pull in front of the whole line. I was quickly refreshed when the engine started pulling after a moment. Then I realized the van is electronic limited to 80 something miles per hour… LOL. Good times!
Mountain Pass
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From: Germany
Mine's governed at 100mph, need to get rid of that too.
As soon as you hit the fast lane on the Autobahn here to pass anyone, you better get your a$$ up to speed really fast. 100mph is the average speed in the fast lane, with a good number of people doing way more.
Having no speed limit on the Autobahn is
And no, there are no dozens of school busses full of nuns going down in flames every day because of speed. In fact, our Autobahns are the safest roads here and high speed crashes are very seldom.
"Speed doesn't kill! Suddenly becoming stationary is what gets you!"
As soon as you hit the fast lane on the Autobahn here to pass anyone, you better get your a$$ up to speed really fast. 100mph is the average speed in the fast lane, with a good number of people doing way more.
Having no speed limit on the Autobahn is
And no, there are no dozens of school busses full of nuns going down in flames every day because of speed. In fact, our Autobahns are the safest roads here and high speed crashes are very seldom.
"Speed doesn't kill! Suddenly becoming stationary is what gets you!"
Mountain Pass
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From: Germany
That's what my papers say (Zulassungsbescheinigung), but in fact it is governed at 160km/h (speedo), which is real 176km/h (GPS) due to the 235/85R16 tires which are about 2" bigger than stock.
Diff is 3:73 with LSD. I wish I had a 4.10 with the bigger tires, I lost a bit of power from a full stop and shift points are off now.
Diff is 3:73 with LSD. I wish I had a 4.10 with the bigger tires, I lost a bit of power from a full stop and shift points are off now.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Bremen, Germany
I got the 3.55 w/ standard 245/75r16 tires.
works for me, low RPMs on the Autobahn.
No LSD though. It's an extended van so with all the stuff back there's enough weight in the back.
Ich bin zufrieden.
works for me, low RPMs on the Autobahn.
No LSD though. It's an extended van so with all the stuff back there's enough weight in the back.
Ich bin zufrieden.
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