John Huguenard writes: > > Now the only question relates to David's posting. David: You > talk about hill climbing at 48MPH in 3rd or 4th. In third the > temperature gets very hot, so what do you do? Stay in 3rd to keep the > pressure up, or go the 4th to keep the temp down? I slow down to 40 (or even 35) in third to keep a balance (hopefully) of pressure and temperature. That's why I want to get an external cooler or do *something* to reduce oil temps - because it is really annoying to have the power to climb hills at a reasonable speed but not be able to do so because of the oil overheating... -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
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