chilidavid
02-22-2015, 10:28 AM
I'm making the mistake of comparing my wife's Honda Element's RPMs at various speeds to the 2.25 petrol engine in my '71 Series 2a at similar speeds. I just installed a Smith's RPM gauge and finally got my Roamerdrive installed, so I'm starting to focus on what would be safe highway RPMs now.
Does anyone do any road traveling in their Series truck who could let me know what a reasonably safe RPM range the 2.25 engines can handle on a daily (or continual) basis? I'm not interested in hearing about "top speed achievable with an overdrive" right now, especially since I'm running 16-inch rims with an original 15-inch-rim-calibrated speedo. (I do realize that my original speedo is off by 10% - on the low side - because of my larger rims.)
I prefer to tailor my drive to work around RPMs now, not MPHs.
Thanks for any input!
Chili David
Does anyone do any road traveling in their Series truck who could let me know what a reasonably safe RPM range the 2.25 engines can handle on a daily (or continual) basis? I'm not interested in hearing about "top speed achievable with an overdrive" right now, especially since I'm running 16-inch rims with an original 15-inch-rim-calibrated speedo. (I do realize that my original speedo is off by 10% - on the low side - because of my larger rims.)
I prefer to tailor my drive to work around RPMs now, not MPHs.
Thanks for any input!
Chili David