FWIW I have driven my car from Cleveland Ohio to Denver Colorado and back a few
times. Each time driving nonstop for 18 to 20 hours and turning 4500 to 5000
RPM average. My car has never complained one bit about this driving. It is a
bone stock 71B Roadster.
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 02:10:59PM -0500, Mgb1979owner@cs.com profoundly
declared:
> I had a question concerning my '79 mgb on the highway. I have a stock
> engine, with a Weber DGV Carb, and the standard 4 speed w/o overdrive. When
> I get on the highway, I normally get up to about 60-65 mph. When I get there
> I have plenty of pedal left, but I am whining 3400-3500 rpms. I have gotten
> it a little higher, just to make sure it could still do it, but is this
> normal? I would like to find a cheap, but effective way to get more speed at
> top end with fewer rpms. If this is not normal for this kind of car, I would
> like some help troubleshooting this problem. I have to make a long trip in
> it soon, from Virginia to Florida, then to Mississippi. I would like to see
> the car run strong without running itself to death.
> Tony
> '79 MGB
>
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James Nazarian
71 MGB roadster
71 MGBGT (the one that is supposed to be a v8)
01 Impreza 2.5RS
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