[tcb] Home OK, you big math heads

  • From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:37:52 -0500

I didn't know that this could be calculated, but it will be fun to know.

If Johnny drove his 1963 Sundial camper at 4000 RPM and has a 412 ring and 
pinion tranny with a straight axle kit (no RBGs) and his tires are P185/60 R15. 
How fast was Lillie, riding shotgun, going?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sammie smith 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:58 AM
  Subject: [tcb] Re: Home


  Uh, he's running a straight axle.  No redux boxes.

  Dan <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
    In a '65 bus with stock transaxle running 15" rims with 205/70R15 tires 
4,000 rpms is about 63 mph.
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Denis Dodson 
      To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:00 PM
      Subject: [tcb] Re: Home


      Hence the backing off. It's late and I'm not going to go out and check my 
tires. They are slightly smaller than stock, but not radically. I have a 412 
ring and pinion tranny. So I don't know how fast I am going. I have a GPS that 
will tell me, but I lost a power cable and it won't work without it.
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: sammie smith 
        To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:48 PM
        Subject: [tcb] Re: Home


        Slow down Denis.  Don't know how your gearing is set up with your 
tires,  But 4,000 rpms should be about 80+.  That's too fast in a bus.

        Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
          My speedometer is not accurate, most aren't. I barely use it on the 
road. There were many times on this trip home that I looked down at the Speedo 
and it was all the way around and pushing on the "0" post. My reaction is to 
look at the tach and oil temp, and sure enough, it was at 220 (too hot) and 
over 4000 RPM. Tie to back off. And I could watch my oil temp go down.


          ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: sammie smith 
            To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:26 PM
            Subject: [tcb] Re: Home


            That the oil temp stays the same (low) regardless of how fast you 
drive?

            Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
              You guys are all so snotty.

              The trailer went home with the other Arkansas folks. Murray made 
every mile 
              in spooky good shape. Wore headphones all the way home. the bus 
didn't make 
              any strange and worrifle noises. the oil temp went high when I 
pushed and 
              went down as soon as I backed off.

              What more can you ask?


              ----- Original Message ----- 
              From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" 
              To: 
              Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:11 AM
              Subject: [tcb] Home


              > Got home about 10:30 last night.
              >
              > Only a 13 hour drive.
              >
              > And the man with the "Rescue Trailer" was nowhere to be found 
(I heard he 
              > was lost).
              >
              > The Rivi now needs:
              >
              > stub axle
              > axle nut
              > backing plate
              > wheel bearings
              > whatever else makes a passenger side rear wheel/brakes a 
complete unit.
              >
              > G2
              >
              >
              >
              > -- 
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