GKN Overdrive for Defender
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:56
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Brid from Cost Effective Maintenance
Hi all.
I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with the GKN overdrive unit fitted to a Defender. As I do a lot of long distance runs in my 2005 Defender 110, it could be worthwhile investigating. Engine revs start to feel pretty busy once you get over 90kph, compared to Patrols, etc.
Could anyone comment on these units, please?
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Brid
Reply By: Member - Omaroo (NSW) - Tuesday, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:14
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:14
Brid
4WD Monthly No. 72 (November 2004) had a multi-page article on the GKN unit. It seems to be a pretty robust system and would be something I'd fit (even at nearly $4k) if the cabin noise was getting to me and I wanted to save a litre and a half per hundred kays. The exhaust has to be cut and shut on a 90, but it fits up easily to a 110 or 130 without modifying anything else.
Being electronically controlled, I guess it also a case of just something else to go wrong....but they seem to be very reliable to date
Bruce Davis is the distributor over here on 02 9679 1179
Funny I should be reading this 5 minutes after talking to Bruce hmself to see if I could take a 110 with this unit already fitted for a
test drive. I do about a thousand kays nearly every weekend to get to our property and back. Apart from the noise reduction, I'd also like to see 8.5L/100km from my 160L fuel tank. :)
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Chris
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