RE: IML: Overdrive & a Tach

[<dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All....I would like to know just how hard my IMperials are working when we are moving down the road at 50/60/70/80/etc. Since the RPM's generated by the 440 in my two '66's  would be the same (more or less) on a day to day basis (depending on how many people I am carrying or how many bodies I have in the trunk - just kidding!!) I am thinking of putting a temporary Tech inside to see just what the engine is doing while I am going down the road or up the hills. Has anyone tried doing this? and if so, what kind of a tach did you use? Since its only going to be there for a short time I do not want to spend tons of $$$$ on the tach but I would like to get an reasonably accurate readout. Its not for racing or anything like that. Even I know that 3-ton vehicles do not make good racers! But my daily-driver SUV has a tach, my last 3 old dailydrivers had them and I guess I am just used to seeing how the old engin' is running on a 'whenever' basis...no other reason!
So, if anyone has their 2-cents to add let me know....someone may already know the RPM's for various highway speeds for my Imperials (1966's with the standard 440 engine - 1 convertible/1 LeBaron with [I believe] standard rear's) and if so please email me directly (dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Thanks all!
Dan Melnik

---- "Hall wrote: 

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This is something I am interested in as well.  I notice that on the few
times I had my Imperial on the highway the motor sounded like it was at
a high pitch at about 70 to 75 miles an hour, which isn't something that
makes me comfortable knowing my 440 has 90,000 miles on it.  

Dave Hall
1973 Imperial LeBaron
The Sleeping Giant


-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenyon Wills
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 10:59 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: IML: Overdrive axle?



--- Ken Lang <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken Kenyon, Gear Vendors doesn't
> deal with axles, just
> transmissions and the overdrive units that attach to
> them.
>  

Yes, thanks, Ken.

I had intended to say that I'd be interested in
options that would circumvent the services provided by
a GV unit that's $3000.  What I want is a regular car
that has the ability to step up to a higher top-end
for high-speed cruising at moderate RPMs.

-K


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