<VV> Why Corvairs Need...Re: Fwd: Sreaming in low (PG)

[Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation]

Gauges? We ain't got no gauges. We don't need no gauges. I don't have to 
show you any stinkin' gauges!

--Alfonso Bedoya


On 11/4/2015 10:57 AM, frankcb at aol.com wrote:
> Bob,
>      That's why Corvairs need a TACHOMETER as well as an engine TEMP. 
> gauge.  When I was driving my Pontiac Transport on the highway, I 
> could always check the tach to make sure I was in the highest gear 
> possible  (60 mph should be 1800 rpm) to make sure I wasn't 
> excessively contributing to "Global Warming" and possibly invoking the 
> wrath of Al Gore!!!!!
>
> Frank Burkhard
> Boonton, NJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation via VirtualVairs 
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 3, 2015 4:06 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: Sreaming in low (PG)
>
> Rampsides are quiet.  Decades ago, riding in a friend's Rampside,
> sailing along near 50 mph, he suddenly realized that the shift lever was
> in 'low' and the engine was turning at 89,000 rpm or so.  He upshifted,
> and we drove on...