Well....I was half correct! I can get 4500 in the lower gears easy but in 4th
all I can muster is around 3500. Sorry for the goof I got a lil key happy. My
computer is disabled and i've got a nice ignition system to boot.

Brian
88YJ

 

Hey Bill

I went to that website and even @ 3k you would need 223....now we can all pull
that. I'd bet money we are all reading RPM's on stock tach's. Lord knows I
am...which makes me look a lil stupid:) I've never had stock tach that was even
close.

Brian
88 YJ

 

Hey Bill

I went to that website and even @ 3k you would need 223....now we can all pull
that. I'd bet money we are all reading RPM's on stock tach's. Lord knows I
am...which makes me look a lil stupid:) I've never had stock tach that was even
close.

Brian
88 YJ

 

My tach (stock) reads the same as my hand tach and the tach on my timing
light.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Wranglerjeep1 wrote:
>
> Hey Bill
>
> I went to that website and even @ 3k you would need 223....now we can all pull
> that. I'd bet money we are all reading RPM's on stock tach's. Lord knows I
> am...which makes me look a lil stupid:) I've never had stock tach that was even
> close.
>
> Brian
> 88 YJ

 

My tach (stock) reads the same as my hand tach and the tach on my timing
light.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Wranglerjeep1 wrote:
>
> Hey Bill
>
> I went to that website and even @ 3k you would need 223....now we can all pull
> that. I'd bet money we are all reading RPM's on stock tach's. Lord knows I
> am...which makes me look a lil stupid:) I've never had stock tach that was even
> close.
>
> Brian
> 88 YJ

 

That was an unusual truck, most I've driven max. out on the
governor at 62 MPH, except this Kenworth, Cummins with a button, could
do about seventy five: http://www.----------.com/kenworth.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Man how fast were you hitting when you wound 4th out?
>
> Mine will bury the spedo, but I didn't have a tach when I did it that
> one trip. We just flew across Quebec drafting a semi on that run, never
> dropped below 85 mph. (with his permission via the CB)
>
> Mike

 

That was an unusual truck, most I've driven max. out on the
governor at 62 MPH, except this Kenworth, Cummins with a button, could
do about seventy five: http://www.----------.com/kenworth.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Man how fast were you hitting when you wound 4th out?
>
> Mine will bury the spedo, but I didn't have a tach when I did it that
> one trip. We just flew across Quebec drafting a semi on that run, never
> dropped below 85 mph. (with his permission via the CB)
>
> Mike

 

The ones that run the Ontario/Quebec corridor usually hold 70+ mph.
There are a few that just fly though.

The dude we were drafting was running empty or real light with an
enclosed trailer.

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> That was an unusual truck, most I've driven max. out on the
> governor at 62 MPH, except this Kenworth, Cummins with a button, could
> do about seventy five: http://www.----------.com/kenworth.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man how fast were you hitting when you wound 4th out?
> >
> > Mine will bury the spedo, but I didn't have a tach when I did it that
> > one trip. We just flew across Quebec drafting a semi on that run, never
> > dropped below 85 mph. (with his permission via the CB)
> >
> > Mike

 

The ones that run the Ontario/Quebec corridor usually hold 70+ mph.
There are a few that just fly though.

The dude we were drafting was running empty or real light with an
enclosed trailer.

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> That was an unusual truck, most I've driven max. out on the
> governor at 62 MPH, except this Kenworth, Cummins with a button, could
> do about seventy five: http://www.----------.com/kenworth.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man how fast were you hitting when you wound 4th out?
> >
> > Mine will bury the spedo, but I didn't have a tach when I did it that
> > one trip. We just flew across Quebec drafting a semi on that run, never
> > dropped below 85 mph. (with his permission via the CB)
> >
> > Mike

 

Approximately 8/27/03 18:54, Wranglerjeep1 uttered for posterity:

> I just went out and actually watched my tach and here are the results...1st
> gear 4200...2nd and 3rd about 4k....4th I pulled 3800 @ 80 mph....I didn't feel
> luck today so I let off.....5th gear 80mph 2600! As far as how fast i've
> gone...maxed out around 96mph. I know this is F*^$@!G stupid but oh well. I was
> out in the middle of nowhere skipping on a deadbeat and a severe thunderstorm
> blew up to the west of me. I was listening to the storm chasers on my ham and
> it was pretty bad...so down the hammer went.

Next time, let the Tstorm get a bit closer. During the build up
stages, the wind will be blowing into the base of the cloud as
it heads from the LWPO [1] stage into a thunderhead. As the
cloud matures into a BBMF [1] the wind will blow out of the
base of the cloud, and if you are close enough and heading
away, you get a nice tail wind to help you scram.

[1] Little White Puffy One

[2] Big Black M****r F****r

[The technical terms for cumulus as it passes into cumulus
castellatus and then into cumulonimbus and cumulonimbus
mammatus.]