I live about 50 miles from my office, which works out to about an hour commute each way. (I'm not complaining, by the way.) But that makes for a nice 100 mile round trip... so last week I bit the bullet, packed a repair kit and hit the road.
I took mostly side streets at about 45-55 mph, but about 15 miles of the journey was on the freeway (southbound 101, actually) and I topped out at 75 mph. (That's 4000 RPM, which is better than it was with the 4.22 diff). It was definitely interesting. The car ran really well and the ride was comfortable. I do have a vibration in the steering wheel at 70, which I chalk up to needing to balance the tires at the lower pressure I'm running (24/22 instead of 32).
UPDATE 7 Jan 19: I am now running 26 front/28 rear and I like this configuration. It was a tire balance issue and everything is perfectly stable at highway speeds. I've made it up to 83 MPH per the GPS. As Neo would say, 'Whoa'.
On the way home, I took side streets only and it was pretty decent. The car developed a knocking from underneath (which was a slightly loose mount for the stabilizer bar and a slightly loose rear damper) and a thrumming in the steering wheel at 60mph (which I think is a wheel bearing that needs to be shimmed). I need to look at the steering rack, too; it clunks a bit, and I don't like that.
Anyhow, here's a couple of pics of me and Gidget at work!
That is one beautiful car ! You are brave (or crazy ), I stay off the interstate. Two many semi's and nut
ReplyDeletecases out there for me. 60-65 on state roads is comfortable. Keep up the great work !
Gary