Re: [T3] Stopped by the police today for the first time since1987

["Martinez, Leon" <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Keith said,
Leon touches on why most of the automatics Id seen had Fried motors. Holding
say 
65MPH, with a slower engine speed will run the engine hotter due to less
cooling 
air... a significant consideration. Keith 
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Holding 65 mph is not a problem with cooling , it is in a pretty good temp
range 
unless I am going on a good uphill for a bit. A stickshift should be cooler
all
around because of faster engine speeds .

Only see overheating when going 'steep' uphill and losing acceleration,
otherwise 
it stays cool, that's according to my head temp gauges. My oil is overcooled
so 
I do not monitor the oil temps.

LEON

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