How fast will a 2.3 litre, 3500kg, 5.9m coachbuilt with over cab bed go ?

[headlight]

As above please.
My answer might surprise you

 

[Fragle]

So Avon and Zumerset police think it can do 118mph ?

I assume someone has cloned your plates then ?

That’s where the benefits of a tracking device comes into play then.

 

[Barti Ddu]

I'm guessing that someone has cloned the plate and put it on something a little more streamlined!?

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

My van does Warp factor one so yours should go a bit quicker than that

 

[Just smiffy]

I'm guessing that someone has cloned the plate and put it on something a little more streamlined!?

My guess too….

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[dunnah01]

My 3.0l Ducato with low profile bodywork, nano-tech slippery paint protective coating and spoilers on the solar panels nearly got to 70mph once but then I chickened out

 

[Ridgeway]

On a similar note the reg plate of my Camper was doing +150mph earlier this year the advantage of having single plates between 2 vehicles

 

[peterc10]

138 mph

 

[WESTY66]

128 mph, the same as my 3.0L comfortmatic

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

headlight Come on then , spill the beans, life's too short to keep watching this thread

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[Guigsy]

An overcab is going to have a good chunk more frontal area and a worse aerodynamic coefficient. Drag is going to be about 25% higher than a normal coach build, and 50% higher than a PVC due to the width too. I'm guessing it'd top-out at 80mph in still and flat conditions.

Wind assist does have a massive impact on maximum speed. But it'd have to be a really strong and non-gusty tail wind that's pretty much directly behind to give maybe an ideal 20mph boost?

Add a downhill and some brave/stupid pills and maybe 108mph?

 

[Steve N Tracy]

32 feet per second if you leave the road and the drops big enough.

 

[dunnah01]

Max speed depends on whether it's your van or a hire van

 

[headlight]

To put everyone out of their misery I have received a ticket claiming I was doing 138mph.
I have obviously disputed it and asked Avon and Somerset to provide me with the photographic evidence they claim to have of my motorhome doing said 138mph .

 

[Jim]

asked Avon and Somerset to provide me with the photographic evidence

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[David and Sally]

To put everyone out of their misery I have received a ticket claiming I was doing 138mph.
I have obviously disputed it and asked Avon and Somerset to provide me with the photographic evidence they claim to have of my motorhome doing said 138mph .

You might have to send a photo of your van not being there at the time

 

[Ridgeway]

To put everyone out of their misery I have received a ticket claiming I was doing 138mph.
I have obviously disputed it and asked Avon and Somerset to provide me with the photographic evidence they claim to have of my motorhome doing said 138mph .

That’s a classic !

 

[headlight]

The only way my motorhome would reach 138 mph is if it was driven off a very high cliff or dropped out of a plane

 

[herald_400rl]

The only way my motorhome would reach 138 mph is if it was driven off a very high cliff or dropped out of a plane

Think even then it would struggle, what is terminal velocity of a motorhome under gravity...

 

[Guigsy]

Think even then it would struggle, what is terminal velocity of a motorhome under gravity...

Pretty sure that some of the denser bits could fall faster... after it disintegrated and shed the coachwork, obviously.

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[Just smiffy]

Not even a good clone, thick as thieves is an appropriate phrase…

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

32 feet per second squared if you leave the road and the drops big enough.

There I've corrected that for you

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Would be good to hear the outcome after your request for a photo.

 

[gus-lopez]

To put everyone out of their misery I have received a ticket claiming I was doing 138mph.
I have obviously disputed it and asked Avon and Somerset to provide me with the photographic evidence they claim to have of my motorhome doing said 138mph

i'd link the A&S facebook to this thread.

 

[andykim]

There I've corrected that for you

But is that taking into consideration of the drag created by the obvious bulkiness

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[Viennese]

I did 85mph on A1 in my Citroen Relay van getting back to Lincoln Show before they locked the gates at 9pm.

 

[headlight]

I did 85mph on A1 in my Citroen Relay van getting back to Lincoln Show before they locked the gates at 9pm.

Naughty

 

[cyberyacht]

Think even then it would struggle, what is terminal velocity of a motorhome under gravity...

Sounds like a question for the Top Gear team.

 

[Oldrat]

So you must have had empty water tanks then!

 

[Ingwe]

Probably more than 70 mph if the need arose.

Especially down a mine shaft or over a cliff.

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[bigwood]

The Transit 150 I had for work would get to 75 and sit there all be it a bit noisy and smoky. When I swapped to a VW T4 with the five cylinder engine it managed 115 down hill on the A1M near Alconbry.