John,
You bet I do! I love the highway, down here in Texas it's the only direct
way to get anywhere.....
I have never had a problem of any sort driving on the highway, the Spit
seems to prefer the wide open and constant speed.
Nick
Abilene, TX
'67 Spitfire MK III
'74 Spitfire 1500 (soon to be corvette yellow)
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
-----Original Message-----
From: Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com <Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 7:27 PM
Subject: Driving on the highway without OD
>Listers:
>
>Just curious, people with Spitfires without overdrive: do you drive your
>Spit on the highway? Or do you limit yourself to certain speeds?
>
>I don't have OD, and I am VERY hesitatant about taking the car over ~62
>mph...anyone else have the same feelings (at that speed I can hear the air
>jetting into the carb...'whistling' if you will and I'm raising about 3400
>- 3500 on the tach!).
>
>John Cousins
>1977 Spit
>
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