<VV> Descending a mountain

[J R Read]

Well, the weird thing here is...  for every 1,000 feet of altitude, the temp 
drops 3F degrees.  So, as you go up the mountain the engine will be working 
harder (than it will later - downhill) and the ambient temp will be 
dropping.  So, depending upon how steep a slope you just climbed AND the 
altitude you are at AND you could probably throw in the lower barometric 
pressure to the equation (less air to mix with the gas), it might be wise to 
find a wide spot [Overlook?] and give yourself and your pretty pickup truck 
a 15 minute break before proceeding on.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "Daniel Monasterio" <dmonasterio at hotmail.com>; <vairtec at optonline.net>; 
"VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Descending a mountain (was valve seats revisited)(HUMOR)


> So out of curiosity, how am I supposed to drive up and down some of the 
> real mountains I encounter at times (to keep my valve seats in)?
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Daniel Monasterio <dmonasterio at hotmail.com>
>>Sent: May 7, 2012 6:34 PM
>>To: vairtec at optonline.net, VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>Subject: Re: <VV> Descending a mountain (was valve seats revisited)(HUMOR)
>>
>>
>>You lead me to a better idea.... a rear installed parachute.
>>Daniel
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 19:24:35 -0400
>>> From: Vairtec at optonline.net
>>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>> Subject: <VV> Descending a mountain (was valve seats revisited)
>>>
>>> Randy Hook wrote:
>>>
>>> > if you don't descend  the mountain in gear, how else, exactly, are you 
>>> > supposed to do  it?   Please
>>> > don't say "brakes," as some mountains are tougher than  that.
>>>
>>> When the CORSA convention was in Seattle in 1983 I drove there from NJ
>>> in my 1962 Greenbrier.  Part of the convention was a tour up Mount
>>> Rainier.   What goes up, must come down.  To control speed on the
>>> downhill trek while saving brakes, engine, and transmission, my
>>> girlfriend and I simply opened the two front doors.  Greenbrier doors
>>> open to a full 90 degrees.  We each planted a foot on a door and held
>>> them fully open.
>>>
>>> We had to let them close every once in a while when a car came in the
>>> opposite direction, but then we just propped them open again if the
>>> speed rose too much.  After a while we got adept at controlling speed by
>>> varying the degree to which the doors were open.
>>>
>>> Unbeknownst to us at the time, Ken Klingaman was in the car in front of
>>> us and he later explained that he was laughing to the point of tears at
>>> the sight of Dumbo the Greenbrier with its giant flapping ears...
>>>