Making a solo run!

[CJ the noisemaker]

Heading up the I17 to Sunset Point Rest area for pics, and just letting you guys in the area know.

I will post pics when I get back.

[will e]

Be careful out there. We are actually having some storms.

[FSJunkie]

4 inches of snow at my house so far and still coming down.

[CJ the noisemaker]

Success!

I made it up and out of Black Canyon without overheating!!! To be honest, Nodoka barely had a hard time holding 50 in second gear. With all that said, I have turned around since half my tank is gone and I only had money for one tank... getting too used to the car I suppose

I really wish I had funds to get to Flagstaff, maybe next time.

[Suddendeath]

I made it up and out of Black Canyon without overheating!!! To be honest, Nodoka barely had a hard time holding 50 in second gear. With all that said, I have turned around since half my tank is gone and I only had money for one tank... getting too used to the car I suppose

I really wish I had funds to get to Flagstaff, maybe next time.

Just wondering...but why were you doing 50 holding it in 2nd gear?

[bigun]

Just wondering...but why were you doing 50 holding it in 2nd gear?

Going up hill

[Suddendeath]

That would explain it

We silly Jerseyans don't experience many of these...."hills" that you speak of.

[Rich88]

I made it up and out of Black Canyon without overheating!!! ...

Wait...you did this with a stock cooling system?

[will e]

Glad you made it back safe... you could have gone further, the way back is down hill.

You said something about pics?

[fulsizjeep]

I ain't gettin' any younger...

[CJ the noisemaker]

Sorry guys, Photobucket is being a sour apple.

[CJ the noisemaker]

Hooray!!!

Photobucket came back in time. Here are pics!

She's ready...


...Err, now she is!




I17... Am I there yet?


Just leaving out of Black Canyon. It's 5 minutes of uphill that twice made me push 240*. I found that locking it in 2nd, run at 50, and letting everybody pass does the trick.


Here is a video of what the pass is like. Imagine me tearing up and giggling like a schoolgirl at the end...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBOIyLy6sVQ

Sunset Point


Looking at Crown King

[FSJunkie]

Wait... All you did was I-17 Northbound?

I thought this was a trail or something.

The first time was Ok going down, but it was a floored in second gear affair the whole way back because my engine had 2 dead cylinders.

The second time was after i rebuilt the engine and I blasted down it at 80 MPH and got 18 MPG. Something went whack in the distributor on the way back up and I had to stick to 50 MPH in second gear the whole way or else it would cut out.

The next time I blasted down and back at 80 MPH with the A/C on and never went more than 1/2 throttle in high gear. Resetting the ignition timing and installing a 2150 makes a huge difference.

If you need 2nd at 50 MPH go go up that road, your engine has an issue. If it's never seen a rebuild in those 191 K miles I see on the clock, it's time.

[jeeper54]

Do you have a lock up converter in that 727? My 81 w/t w/258 did and I would have to hold it in 2nd at 45 mph because if I let it shift to 3rd the converter would lock @ 45 mph and the engine rpms would drop too much. Never made that pass unloaded so don't know how it would have done. My waggies w/o lock up always made it in 3rd except when hitting passing gear to go around someone. Think something is off CJ. (imagine doing that pass going into a curve @ 65 mph on a moonless night at 0300 and all of a sudden getting a severe case of "Death Wobble". Had to change my pants!)

[CJ the noisemaker]

Sorry for the late response, but I had room to open up the 360 going up the pass. It's just that I like taking it slow up mountains...

And if I tried to put more load on the engine, it overheats.