I've been up to 85-hey, I'd love to see how fast it could really go-but it's
not worth the ticket and ensuing insurance hike. Nigel does tend to heat up
a bit at those speeds-but, not much above the half way mark. He does have a
bigger radiator and an oil cooler.
Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Schaper <schaper@wam.umd.edu>
To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: Driving on the highway without OD
>According to my experience Spits are Autobahn safe. It just gets a bit
noisy
>around 80. You might think about getting an extra oil cooler (with
>thermostat). It helps felling better (if you have an oil temp gauge).
>
>Marcus
>
>
>At 04:49 PM 10/23/98 -0400, you 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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