[tcb] Re: the Hills

From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:38:59 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Cubic Inches require Cubic Dollars.

Downshift and enjoy it. If and when you want to upgrade there's a couple of simple options:

1) Dual Port Heads/34 Pict 3 (< $200 for parts on the *used* market)
2) Upgrade the cam to increase low/midrange breathing.

I agree with Sammie though it's a bus. Downshift and enjoy. You also have to remember that running at higher revs (don't blow it up) pushes more cooling air over the engine so when you're under load (going up hills, etc.) it's better to keep that cooling air moving as fast as possible. If you lug it down, the fan goes slower and you compound the problem (more heat demand + lower cooling air speed/volume) giving you headaches down the road.

-----Original Message-----
From: sammie smith
Sent: May 27, 2008 3:02 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: the Hills

I wouldn't change anything. That's just the way stock busses run. Unless you want to go to big engines to correct the problem. Come to Nacogdoches and I will let you drive the bone stock 60 panel with stock tires and a stock 40 and when you get back in yours you will think you are driving a full blown 100 hp engine.

ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a carb/gear/tire question.

Running a 1600 single port. Any opinions on size of carb out there? I am currently running a 30 pict 1.

It runs great in the realitively flat stretchs but really doesn't power much up a hill. I live in W Austin and there are hills between me and any where I go. I have the stock 14s, would smaller tires help?

Maybe the answer if alpine gears? If so how much would performance suffer on flat ground.

Jeff

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