hoof desease

[yaofeng]

you should read a book called
"how to win freinds.....
Is the 525 an auto....could it be the trans and NOT the engine?
My 535 moves off at idle.....

It's five speed.

[Ferret]

It's five speed.

Slipping clutch then?

[yaofeng]

The clutch I replaced about 18 month or 5,000 miles ago. It has more than 95% left when I replaced the engine last month.

[yaofeng]

The 540 by nature is a high revving engine. It needs to run a good 10 minutes at 4,000 rpm once in a while, just to clear it's throat. Get her up to temperature and jump on the thruway and do 65 mph in 3rd to the next exit.
I love the voice at 6,000 + rpm, it's addicting.

I'd like to know the benefit of running the engine at 6,000 rpm in third other than contributing more than my share to the green house effect and making my wallet thinner going to the gas station more often. The 540 is already a gas guzzler compared to my other cars getting only 20 mpg or so. I did 265 miles today going to New York. Haven't enjoyed driving so much for a while. The highest I rev'ed the engine to is 2,800 rpm or so in 6th, at 90 mph.