Date:         Sun, 19 Oct 2003 22:20:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Conrad Klahn <conradk@MAC.COM>
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From:         Conrad Klahn <conradk@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: load/acceleration
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Re: weird power at speed under load fluctuation thingy

I just got back from a show about 3 or so hours each way. In my '85 I
definitely need to have momentum to be able to get up a hill. Once the
engine gets "bogged down" I (and drivers behind me) have to be patient.
This was true in my 1500 single port (65 bus) as well. And in fact,
these are the same hills I used to travel around some 20 years ago. Get
below some RPM threshold (feels like 1800) and I've lost it until I can
get over the hill. If I had room to accelerate and could keep my RPMs
up, the hill was easy-as-pie. Granted, the 1.9 has "a little" more
power up a hill than my '65 did, but it sure did feel the same - and
the drivers behind me were just as annoyed with the whole ordeal as I
remember them being many years ago.