Re: '82 505 TD, extended highway driving?
From: Brian Holm (peugeots@bypass.com)
Date: Thu 28 Mar 2002 - 16:46:09 EST
You're not pulling a house trailer or anything, right? Not to worry. But
use good oil--it gets kind of hot.
Brian Holm
At 02:19 AM 03/28/2002, anarchyx34 wrote:
>Normally I drive my 505 in suburban/city driving conditions, but
>every once and a while it needs to venture onto the highway. Now,
>I'm not a slow driver, so I'm wondering how the motor copes with
>cruising at 70-85mph for extended periods of time. It sounds like
>it's revving kinda high, but since I havent gotten a tachometer to
>work yet I'm not sure. How fast is the engine really turning at
>those speeds? Would it completely kill the motor if I ran it at 75-
>80mph for say... 6 hours?
>
>In contrast, my mazda, which is usually the vehicle I take on long
>trips, will cruise at 90+mph all day (4,000 rpms) and not even break
>a sweat. But the peugeot's engine has a much lower redline and
>that's what's worrying me.
>
>
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