Wow this sounds cool. My guess is 112,5mph anyway :o)
Ciao Andr� > MessageJohn, I can echo most of what Herb said. The wiper conversion from Detriot > Speed may be the best $300. I have spent on my car. This year I didn't drive my > Elky, but my newly built 421 Tripower Tempest Custom Conv. I did find many small > items in need of improvement. Only driving a car a distance will bring these things > to light. And Herb, when did you ever slow down to eighty, other than for traffic > and stop lights? My Tempest has a 700R4 and 3.55 gears. At 90 I am taching around > 2400 RPM. At the fastest I saw 3,000 in overdrive. Any guesses as to the MPH? I was > disappointed not to get a chance to see Clint's car. There is just so much going on > and so many cars. My trip was slightly longer than Herb's at 4,420 miles and I used > 340 gallons of fuel with about the same MPG as Herb. The car took a little wear and > tear, but they are built to drive and drive them I will. > Mike Holleman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Herb Lumpp > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:26 AM > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Power Tour > > > Hi John, > > The Tour went fine. There were a couple little glitches along the way, but each > was an easy fix. Just like last year, the weather pretty much sucked most of the > time. This time Mike and I were prepared for the rain - we both had a Detroit Speed > & Engineering 7 speed wiper motor in out cars. Other than the noise and vibration, > it felt like I was in a new car when the wipers were running! > > Yes we did meet up with Clint, however, I never got to see his Elky. : ( > > If time and money allow, I highly recommend everyone do this trip at least once. > Not only will you have a great time and meet a lot of great people, the Tour will > definately put a spot light on your car's weak points. Personally, I think if > people just drive (or trailer) their cars to local shows and cruises, they'll never > truly get the bugs worked out. Last year I thought the Elky was good to go, but > after the Tour, I made a lot of changes to improve its road worthiness. This year, > those improvements made the drive a lot more enjoyable, but I did find a couple more > items that need attention. My car may not be as pretty as it used to be, but I know > I can turn the key and hit the road any time I feel like it without worrying about > making it to my destination! > > For those of you into stats, I drove 4021 miles, used 312.45 gallons of gas, which > cost $634, and I averaged 12.87 mpg. That's not too bad considering we drove 80 + > mph most of the time and there was a lot of stop & go driving once we got to the > venues. > Herb Lumpp > http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John W. Lonadier, Jr. > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:14 PM > To: Chevelle Net > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Power Tour > > > Mike & Herb, how did the Power Tour go? Everything go OK for you guys? > Clint, did you make it to the start point and meet up with Herb and Mike from > the list and did you drive part of the way with them? > > John L. > ACES #5597 > 70 LS5 TRIBUTE > http://chevellfan.com/index89.html >
