- 21. re: highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 19:44:10 +0100 (BST)
- I have found that my spit ('77 1500) feels a lot more skittish since I have taken the hard top off and put the soft top on. I drove on the motorway last weekend with the top down, and that was a bit
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00449.html (12,284 bytes)
- 22. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:58:04 -0700
- Ray, That's where the "too Rich" carb setting comes in handy! Just step on the gas and blow black soot all over their front end!! Joe /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00452.html (9,546 bytes)
- 23. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 13:01:27 -0700
- on the gas and blow black soot all over their front end!! On one of the trucks a company I worked at had, was a starting fluid injection system. You'd press a button on the floor with your foot to sh
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00456.html (10,415 bytes)
- 24. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:08:02 -0400
- You are bad...real baaaaad! Vic Whitmore 76 Spitfire Thornhill, Ontario http://www.vicwhit.com /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00457.html (9,280 bytes)
- 25. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: Ray Bryant <photoray@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:10:03 -0500
- That's a good idea Joe ;) ** Ray Bryant ** /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothing in it but /// /// un
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00462.html (9,616 bytes)
- 26. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: Ray Bryant <photoray@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:23:24 -0500
- I have to admit that a couple of months ago I was sitting at a stoplight, when a Soccer Mom pulled up behind me in a Suburban and turned her headlights off to save my eyes after dark. After I turned
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00463.html (8,980 bytes)
- 27. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 23:11:57 +0100
- Hi Richard Well put, and howww trueee! Graham. people on the road, including those who are of /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@a
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00471.html (8,686 bytes)
- 28. Re: highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 23:51:11 +0100
- Hi John I don't know about the Spit but I did fit a Dolomite Sprint dam to the front of my Toledo, made a vast difference. I heard that when Triumph were playing with the Dolomite Sprint they first e
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00473.html (8,938 bytes)
- 29. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: reed mideke <rfm@cruzers.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:44:45 -0700
- 80 KM/H ? thats only like 50 MPH right ? Being my only car, I drive mine on the highway a lot. When I first got it, it was quite frightening, but you get used to it. I always leave plenty of space in
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00476.html (9,739 bytes)
- 30. highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: mark holbrook <rolling_rock_12@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:59:10 -0700 (PDT)
- I took the highway as I usually do after class tonight and a great song came on. I hit about 115 mph by the speedo, but after calculating the RPM I found the speedo is off by about 4 mph. I feel safe
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00480.html (8,251 bytes)
- 31. RE: highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Nelson" <mnelson@tconl.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:22:40 -0500
- Sheesh, I'm not sure how all of you manage 70+MPH, but for me 60 MPH is about all I'm willing to muster. I will drive the 50 miles to a club meeting next week for the first time.. and have spent hour
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00481.html (8,065 bytes)
- 32. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:31:39 EDT
- << Sign me, Not always a good passenger! >> Don't feel too bad Laura, I teach high-performance driving skills with the Audi Quattro Club (so you'd think I'd be used to it) but on the street I'm a hor
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00483.html (8,020 bytes)
- 33. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:38:49 EDT
- << Ray, That's where the "too Rich" carb setting comes in handy! Just step on the gas and blow black soot all over their front end!! Joe >> Reminds me of the '79 Olds 98 Diesel that my mom used to ha
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00485.html (7,949 bytes)
- 34. re: highway driving (score: 1)
- Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
- Date: 18 May 2001 05:09:19 -0500
- Gearing for a 1500 should give 22.6 mph/1000 rpm in 4th with o/d. So, 3500 rpm will give you 79 mph. This of course assumes that your tacho is more reliable and accurate than your dodgy speedo! A bl
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00493.html (8,094 bytes)
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