John,
I try to limit my highway driving to trips under 100 miles. It makes me
cringe to watch the tach sit on 4500 rpm for long periods of time.
But as soon as I get my newly acquired Overdrive tranny installed, that
should solve that problem.
Joe
Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com wrote:
>
> 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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