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This time of year I use the silver wheels with 175/60 section winter tyres (M&S, not really proper winter tyres), which lower the gearing back to what it would have been with a 4.56:1 rear axle. That makes the motor car noticeably more spritely and it keeps up with traffic really well (I’ve even overtaken a few cars - and no, they were not just milk floats). In the summer I use the red wheels (same pattern as yours) with 165/80 section tyres, just like your motor car the gearing is about 7% higher than standard. I think the taller gearing is pretty good, acceleration is still at least good enough to keep up with old people driving Fiestas to the golf links. With the 165/80 tyres high speed (70 MPH) cruising is much better than with standard gearing, which is a huge advantage for longer journeys. In conclusion: I think your Amazon should be able to keep up with modern traffic pretty well. Alan :cool: |
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I find it quite lively at lower speeds actually, and around town it's far from being the slowest car amongst a sea of modern and electric rubbish. I do find it a bit breathless doing an uphill slip road onto the motorway but I may be asking a little much of it. I am not sure what BHP the high compression head and D cam combination outputs in the real world. Interesting to note the ability to change wheels and essentially have the shorter diff. I have a set of spare wheels I could fit some cheap tyres to just to see how it feels. At the moment I am quite enjoying how relaxed the cruising is at 60-70. In comparison to my partner's Toledo 1300 which must be doing 4-5k at 70 it's night and day. I imagine it's doing sub 3000rpm at 70 which is brilliant. |
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A bit more usefully, i found an advert from c. 1964/5 that proudly announced the 122S returned 25+mpg. This might not sound like something to celebrate but those were US gallons, ~0.8 of an Imperial gallon so 30mpg should be realistic or at least very close to. I had hoped to find a copy of something like a "Motor" road test with the figures recorded for performance but this was the best i could manage - hope they give a bit of insight! |
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Times change. :cool: |
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I get what you say about times changing but even in the 70s, 25mpg wasn't something to shout too loudly about from a mid-sized car. By the early 80s, many manufacturers were boasting of 50+mpg from a mid-size 1600cc car (Mk2 Cavalier with 5 speed box, 51.4mpg) so times definitely do change and with it, technology. |
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