Re: [Chevelle-list] Power Tour

[Mike Holleman]

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John, I can echo most of what Herb said. The wiper conversion from Detriot Speed may be the best $300. I have spent on my car. This year I didn't drive my Elky, but my newly built 421 Tripower Tempest Custom Conv. I did find many small items in need of improvement. Only driving a car a distance will bring these things to light. And Herb, when did you ever slow down to eighty, other than for traffic and stop lights? My Tempest has a 700R4 and 3.55 gears. At 90 I am taching around 2400 RPM. At the fastest I saw 3,000 in overdrive. Any guesses as to the MPH? I was disappointed not to get a chance to see Clint's car. There is just so much going on and so many cars. My trip was slightly longer than Herb's at 4,420 miles and I used 340 gallons of fuel with about the same MPG as Herb. The car took a little wear and tear, but they are built to drive and drive them I will. Mike Holleman ----- Original Message ----- From: Herb Lumpp To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:26 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Power Tour Hi John,   The Tour went fine.  There were a couple little glitches along the way, but each was an easy fix.  Just like last year, the weather pretty much sucked most of the time.  This time Mike and I were prepared for the rain - we both had a Detroit Speed & Engineering 7 speed wiper motor in out cars.  Other than the noise and vibration, it felt like I was in a new car when the wipers were running!   Yes we did meet up with Clint, however, I never got to see his Elky.  : (   If time and money allow, I highly recommend everyone do this trip at least once.  Not only will you have a great time and meet a lot of great people, the Tour will definately put a spot light on your car's weak points.  Personally, I think if people just drive (or trailer) their cars to local shows and cruises, they'll never truly get the bugs worked out.  Last year I thought the Elky was good to go, but after the Tour, I made a lot of changes to improve its road worthiness.  This year, those improvements made the drive a lot more enjoyable, but I did find a couple more items that need attention.  My car may not be as pretty as it used to be, but I know I can turn the key and hit the road any time I feel like it without worrying about making it to my destination!   For those of you into stats, I drove 4021 miles, used 312.45 gallons of gas, which cost $634, and I averaged 12.87 mpg.  That's not too bad considering we drove 80 + mph most of the time and there was a lot of stop & go driving once we got to the venues. Herb Lumpp http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm    -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of John W. Lonadier, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:14 PM To: Chevelle Net Subject: [Chevelle-list] Power Tour Mike & Herb, how did the Power Tour go? Everything go OK for you guys? Clint, did you make it to the start point and meet up with Herb and Mike from the list and did you drive part of the way with them?   John L. ACES #5597 70 LS5 TRIBUTE http://chevellfan.com/index89.html