The speed of a 55'

[bonzai]

Lets hit the polls

 

[bonzai]

My top speed used to be 45 with a crazy limiting wobble.
However after going a little off roading one day, it must have broke loose some old a@# mud.
Now she can hit 70 no problem
And this is a stock F'er with a Weber 32/36 and of course a lot of love

 

[ridgerunner]

90 mph passing someone on a flat with no headwind. I love boost and overdrives.

Otherwise highway speed is 70mph.

 

[tonkota]

I'm minus an engine right now, and have never driven my Pig.

 

[Lucy_FJ55]

Lucy (trail pig)- F engine, 3 spd., Weber 38, 4.56's, 33" tires, no speedo, so I'm guessing about 70 mph, maybe a smidge faster driving down hill...

Lily (stocker)- 2F, 4 spd, stock everything else basically, only getting to about 60-65 mph lately, I am having some carb or vacuum issues I think. Well, I am not really sure what's going on but I have lost some power lately...

 

[MiniPigg]

Im all stock and can hit 70mph before it says "Who's your daddy?", but the crusin speed is between 60-65mph pushing it... otherwise i stay between 50-55mph.

 

[RHINO]

i cruise around 63MPH per GPS, (50 per speedo) mostly its a comfy speed with 36" tires and SOA, but its also better on gas, i have done a few road trips at 75MPH plus and the mileage is noticeably down.

 

[nuclearlemon]

i can roll it in the driveway, but the speedo's not hooked to a tranny, so i have no clue how fast i'm going

 

[fj55-100]

95 comming back down the 99 from the last pig run , chasing Joe s in the 454-55 ,

fj55-100

 

[Yotahilux]

I was running between 65 - 70, on my way to the pig run but thats when she let me know that my trip was done with a spun rod bearing .

Chuck

 

[RUSH55]

I'm sure I can do about 75+ with the 35's and running ~3200 rpm's.

 

[Wayneraintree]

95 comming back down the 99 from the last pig run , chasing Joe s in the 454-55 ,

fj55-100

that's moving!

my GM V8 could exceed 80 but not while I'm driving

 

[fj55-100]

Yea after just running the con I was more than a little cocerned about a catastrophy happening at high speed , as joes rig sat for the run ( way to pritty) to take out , at the next stop i expressed the need to slow down

fj55-100

 

[Wayneraintree]

Yea after just running the con I was more than a little cocerned about a catastrophy happening at high speed , as joes rig sat for the run ( way to pritty) to take out , at the next stop i expressed the need to slow down

fj55-100

after wheeling, and maybe being alittle aired down, i EXPRESS the need to slow the train down on the blacktop.... then people start calling me grandpappy and telling me I drive like an old FJ-55 landcruiser... good old piggy is older than me

 

[BushBoy]

Not sure what mine is, probably about 100 km/h maybe more, i didn't push it too hard when i was bringing it home, plus it had undersized tyres at that time.
but now it is sitting in the shed as it has been for about 9 months, with a choice of standard split rim tyres or 31x10.5r15 muddies.
so still not regisetered and therefor not mobile, so thats what i chose.

 

[denis]

65mph on the trailer, otherwise a bad tranny and T/C = not mobile

 

[fj55mike]

I hit 96 indicated down a hill with a tailwind once near T or C, New Mexico. With a 3-speed tranny. You want to talk about gear whine...

 

[snailwagon]

I've driven my pig up to almost 90mph, but that was downhill. Definetely not too safe at that speed for me, or the old f145 engine. My speedo will say 70-75mph on the freeway with 33"s, but I'm not too sure how accurate that really is. So top speed is probably 75-80mph, while top comortable speed is probably 60mph. It's amazing how a pair of intercos can ruin high speed stability.