[FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip

[J R Read_HML]

Well, yes I realize that and maybe I'm going to get used to seeing it at 
400.  But once it got past 400, I was getting needle bounce - sort of like 
you get on a speedometer just before a speedo cable lets go.  THAT made me 
uncomfortable as some of the swings were close to 50 degrees (of temp) and I 
decided not to push quite so hard on the throttle.  I was mentally averaging 
the swings when I reported "spikes" to 425.  The needle actually momentarily 
(fraction of a second) touched 450 a few times.

Now, the dash and the thermister have been in there less than a year and I 
typically have only driven the Rampside on cooler days - when it was too 
cool to be comfortable in a topless convertible.  So, I don't yet have a 
great deal of experience with the current arrangement - especially not on 
warm, humid days.

I guess I'm just used to seeing more like 375 on the gauge and I began to 
wonder if something was going on.  It is hard to hear the engine in a 
Rampside even with the windows down.  But, I did not detect any ping or 
other strange sounds, so drove on.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "VirtualVairs AA" 
<VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Cc: "Corvanatics AB" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: [FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip


> Don't forget that the temperature indication doesn't mean much in an 
> absolute sense.
> RonH
>