RE: [T3] Trip to Hoosierville

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

That's an interesting observations about autos, I always thought that the
auto's were driven harder because they had less power, were floored more
etc.  but yea, they would have less shock than a standard if the driver were
less than coordinated.  Around here, what few auto's were around were mostly
gone by the mid 80's, especially the automatics with air!

I suppose around town, there is less extreme heat than on the highway with a
long haul in the heat, and its that heat that wears out the valve guides
rather than temp cycling from lots of shorter trips at slower speeds.

Russ, what kind of service did the engine in your Fasty see since the last
rebuild??

Keith


On 26 May 2007 at 21:08, Keith Park wrote:
 
> Jim,  did that engine see mostly highway miles, or around town? Or a mix?

Probably mostly around town, with a few trips to Indiana. To the best 
of my knowledge, it's never been out of the midwest. I bought it in 
1990 in Milwaukee with just under 30 k miles on it. It was in almost 
new condition then.

My impression is that the engines in AT cars may last longer. If 
that's true, it's probably because they get driven less hard, or 
because the AT torque converter keeps any shock/stress from getting 
to the engine.

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