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Old 05-17-2001, 10:41 AM
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What's it gunna hurt??

My wife and I are driving down to Pensacola this weekend and she wants to take the convertable... cuz it's KoOl! I'm concerned this 325 mile drive might kill my car. The car: 90 IROC-Z with LT1 and T5 tranny, 3:73 rear. At 80 the car is hitting 3000 RPM's. Will the constant cruzing at 3K RPM's blow something or put excessive ware on the tranny/engine? Personally I'd like to take the car. But not at the cost of burning something out!

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Old 05-17-2001, 11:19 AM
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No, it won't burn anything out or put any excessive amount of ware and tear on the car. It all depends on how hard you drive the car.

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Old 05-17-2001, 11:43 AM
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I've had cars with 4.something gears that worked fine on the highway; like a 79 Z28 4-speed with 4.10s. I drove it on quite a few road trips. My 83 HO Z28 T-5 has 3.73 gears, and no telling how many highway miles. Most recently it went from Memphis to Denver, then to San Diego (2500 miles in 5 days).

It should be fine. Make sure the lower air dam is intact.

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