Hello all,
I haven't tried jacking up my rear wheel yet to give it a spin and check to
see what diff I have, but in driving on the freeway yesterday, it sure
didn't seem like the engine was screaming when I was hitting 60-65 MPH,
which the tack said was in the 4250-4500 range.
I noticed in third gear the speedo/tach read 30/3000 and in fourth gear it
was 40/3000. Even though I was driving in the slow lane and keeping my
speed at around 60MPH, I didn't notice traffic just flying by me as I
expected it to. The fast lane drivers on I-15 are usually hitting 75-80 MPH
and they didn't look like they were going 15-20 MPH faster than I was. This
leads me to suspect that my tach might be good, but that the speedo is
probably not properly calibrated. I need to buy a stopwatch and that will
be my next test after I mark off a mile somewhere... Another reason that I
don't believe I have a 4.55:1 diff is that I should have much better
launching torque from a standing stop than I do now. I've yet to start off
from a stop light and pull ahead (or even) with the guy in the next lane.
Time for some performance tuning... The valve tappets are making a pretty
good racket. Guess I'll adjust those after I buy a replacement cork gasket
for the valve cover. Are those available locally Or will I have to mail
order those in, too?
Cheers,
Jeff in San Diego
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