Originally Posted by Hamwich
Originally Posted by Burgundymog
Originally Posted by Al571
It seems to be labouring at over 80 mph

It's not the gearing it's the shape. About as slippery as a house brick.

A trad Morgan is considerably less slippery than a house brick, the CdA with the top down is horrific. Adding another gear is unlikely to help as the existing 5th gear is almost certainly an overdrive ratio anyway.

I'm finding it difficult to imagine that a 2.0l Duratec is genuinely struggling at just 80mph, I suspect you are simply not giving it enough throttle, the Durance is a great engine and will easily rev to 6k rpm. Try using 4th gear and 5k rpm.
On an intentional speed test after some mods I backed off after I hit 180 kph (112 mph checked against GPS) and still accelerating. I backed off because even on a deserted autostrada you just might find a speed camera and my license is worth more than the brief thrill of topping 200 kph in a Morgan.

PS. The above is all nonsense, it never happened and if it did I was not there and it was not my car. innocent

Peter

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