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Re: Driving on the highway without OD

To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Driving on the highway without OD
From: Marcus Schaper <schaper@wam.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 23:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
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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