Free wheeling
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 6:48 am
After working on my 39 P2 over the winter and tuning her up, I am now going to go to some rallies, starting with the fathers day rally at Harewood house, now I live in Nottinghamshire so its a little treck to get there, I also went there last year, so fuel costs can be quite high in a vehicle that does around 20 MPG,so this year I decide to take advantage of the free wheel device and see if it can save some fuel as well as making the gear changes smooth without crunching going down the box as I seem to do when getting into second
I read some of the advice in the workshop manual for using this device and followed the instructions, which were ; Use it on undulating roads, not steep hills and valleys, change up with 1-2 seconds in between pulling out of one gear and before putting it into the next gear and change down without waiting, just get it in as soon as possible
What a transformation to the driving experience when you do this, silent gear changes without bothering to use the clutch, smooth transition between gears, and you can select the gear you think best suited to the speed of the car a lot quicker, no nearly stopping completely at give ways and having to get back into first before setting off again
As for less fuel consumption I would think the 15% savings quoted are around the correct values as you can drive a lot more smoothly
I used to have one of these devices on a Wartburg car many moons ago and using it on the rover reminded my of it that car it only did around 20 MPG also as it was a two stoke, so the free wheel was fitted to it as a fuel saving device the same as the Rover only Rover got there a lot earlier !
All in all, I would say if you are not using the free wheel on your Rover give it a go, for me it transforms the driving experience and saves you money !
I read some of the advice in the workshop manual for using this device and followed the instructions, which were ; Use it on undulating roads, not steep hills and valleys, change up with 1-2 seconds in between pulling out of one gear and before putting it into the next gear and change down without waiting, just get it in as soon as possible
What a transformation to the driving experience when you do this, silent gear changes without bothering to use the clutch, smooth transition between gears, and you can select the gear you think best suited to the speed of the car a lot quicker, no nearly stopping completely at give ways and having to get back into first before setting off again
As for less fuel consumption I would think the 15% savings quoted are around the correct values as you can drive a lot more smoothly
I used to have one of these devices on a Wartburg car many moons ago and using it on the rover reminded my of it that car it only did around 20 MPG also as it was a two stoke, so the free wheel was fitted to it as a fuel saving device the same as the Rover only Rover got there a lot earlier !
All in all, I would say if you are not using the free wheel on your Rover give it a go, for me it transforms the driving experience and saves you money !