I didn't have a tach (still don't on that car), but the valves were
definately starting to float at that speed... you could hear it... I had
fairly tall tires 275/60/15's... I'll have to figure out what the RPM was
again.. I can't remember... and that speed was indicated (It's a 150mph
speedo), who knows how accurate the speedo was at that rate!
The Charger didn't really float.. the shocks I had were very good, and the
body was designed to run NASCAR.. I was impressed with how well a 20 year
old (at the time) car held the road... now stopping, that was another
matter.. (4-wheel DRUMS!) downshifting was mandatory!
Gary Shook
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Hilton III <HEMI@charter.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: DML: FORD MONEYPIT...attn Craig Baltzer
>.
>
>My first car was a '73 Sattelite Sebring hard top with a 318 2-bbl and it
>had 2.73 or 2.91 (can't really remember , but it DID start with a 2) gears.
>
>It wouldn't do 140 , but at 120 it would start to kinda float (I don't know
>exactly how to descibe it , but it would rock around on all four corners of
>the suspension) on itself .
>
>I always wondered what the top speed of that car would have been with a big
>block and those gears .
>
>
>
> I have 3.23's in that thing... I ran out of rev's at about
>>140mph... he couldn't keep up...
>Jack Hilton
>
>HEMI@charter.net
>
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