OK now, you folks from cooler climes can hold your snickers. Yesterday evening and this norning are the first times I've driven the L. when the ambient temperature was less than about 75 degrees. Well, holy cow Batman! These puppies make some POWER when the air temp drops!!!! This morning it was about 55 degrees when I left the house, and it just flat screams! If the assjet 428 has any accuracy at all I think high 12's are a definite possibility if we could ever get these conditions at the track. Yeehaw, I may start to like winter.

------------------
'00 White Lightning
Best run 13.2 @ 103 on F1's.

 

Lucky you, it' still in the 90's here in sunny SoFla.
Tim

 

Moonshine-
I noticed the same thing yesterday. Went from near 100 on Sunday to near 55 on Monday morning. SOB! It's like a new truck. This is GREAT!

DUCK

------------------
November 18, 1999 We will not forget.
The fallen 12 will live in our hearts forever.
Fightin' Texas Aggie Bonfire 1999

 

Moonsshne --

Isnt cool weather a wonderful thing ??

Trouble is the traction roblems increase due to higher torque and lower tire/road temperatures. Oh well I love it either way !!!

On way to work this am I got into it a little and looked up and saw a survey team in the median all stop and stare and 2 of the 4 gave a bigthumbs up as the supercharger whined by....

( BIG GRIN )
Doug

 

I'm with you guys it's a hole new truck. Now I'm having problems hooking up. Even just nailing it at 20 or 30 I still looseing traction. Man Oh Man I like cold weather.................

 

It's about the only benefit to living in the Great White North.

Seriously though, every vehicle that I have owned operates best at 60-65 deg. F. The L makes awesome power and is super smooth around that temp. And it still has traction. Also, having mostly asphalt roads, the pavement seems to be at its smoothest as well. Above 75 deg. and you start getting ripples in the sun.

The downside is that if you park the L in high temperatures for a couple of days and then the temp. drops, you get flat spotted tires for a couple of minutes. Bad enough to make items in the cab shake pretty bad.



------------------
2000 Red Lightning Born 3-8-00 / Delivered 3-22-00
22% Window Tint, Clear Corners, MPulse LoPro Tonneau, AIM 2" Drop Shackles, Bed Rug, PSP Filter Kit, Other Goodies
Best time: 13.45 sec. @ 101.99 mph

2000 Red Trans Am Ram Air WS6, 6 Speed - Delivered 2-15-00 - Awesome Looking Car

My Zing.com Album Click Here

 

How about a group buy on a mountain cabin to make it through the summer?