Scotty g 356 Monument show

mk-Zero · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:50 am

Sweet! Rod builds some awesome cars! :thumbs:

oval1 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 9:00 am

That thing is sooo cool :thumbs:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:15 am

Thanks guys... I still can't grasp the fact that I own this cool car! I'm planning on putting it up for sale soon, but after having the kind of fun with it like yesterday.... kinda makes me want to rethink.

I only took a couple of pics of the trip over... here they are

Found a nice photo op close to the house before I hit the road...

Just another day at the gas station

Cruising down Interstate 10...

A little video cruising over the ship channel bridge near Orange, TX

http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii50/dsgarvie/?action=view&current=VIDEO0013.mp4

kostya.lyt · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:24 am

Cool video! Definitely hauling ass in the picture, is that oil temp showing above 220 on the left?

ScottyG · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:36 am

Now Kostya... you know you're potentially gonna start an "oil temperature slug fest" thread! :nono:

Too many opinions on that subject... and what most folks don't consider is that oil temp gauges are notoriously inaccurate.... oops... I just threw out the first opinion!

I let the oil pressure gauge and my nose tell me when it's too hot. Then I see where the oil temp gauge's "normal" spot is.

Put 2 different oil gauges on the same car and you might be surprised how different they read. Check Gene Berg's site -- there's a good amount of info in his tech section.

Scotty :beer:

kostya.lyt · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:46 am

You're absolutely correct! I'm just making an observation. :thumbs:

supaninja · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:51 am

That is my favorite car ever! My notch with a stock type 3 Swing axle does 3900 @ a gps 70mph, looks like we have very similar gearing. I think I run out of RPM's around 102, I'm too scurred to test that right now. :oops:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:52 am

kostya.lyt wrote:

I'm just making an observation. :thumbs:

Cool... but on the other hand... a rowdy "oil temperature" thread could be very entertaining :twisted:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:55 am

supaninja wrote:

That is my favorite car ever! My notch with a stock type 3 Swing axle does 3900 @ a gps 70mph, looks like we have very similar gearing. I think I run out of RPM's around 102, I'm too scurred to test that right now. :oops:

I was really surprised that the 356 speedo is within +/- 1 mph of my GPS reading.....

supaninja · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:57 am

I heart me a rowdy oil temp thread. For me I keep an eye on my head temps, and thats it...ignornace is bliss :hillbilly:

Scotty- not mine, I took it apart to lube modify the speedo and now its 13-15 mph off. I need try and recalibrate it.

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