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Re: Driving on the highway without OD

To: Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com
Subject: Re: Driving on the highway without OD
From: Conn <conn@wctc.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:56:25 -0500
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!).

 I drove from my home in Wisconsin Rapids to Wisconsin Dells yesterday (about
90 miles.) During the portion of the trip I was on I90/94, I averaged 70-75
with no problems.

In fact, the car seemed to run better afterward.

-- Conn  (conn@wctc.net)

History shows again and again,
how nature points out the folly of man.



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