If I want to go 80mph, my EGT’s sit just around 1000 deg F or higher. It appears my EGT’s increase exponentially as I try to push the limits of my engine. I usually use the Overdrive when I’m going that fast, because with my gearing, I get about 2600 RPM’s without the overdrive just to get it around 64mph. However, if I want to cruise 75mph, it build up decent temp around 900 deg F. When i’m cruising at 60mph, i get about 600-700 deg F, which seems fine. One is that I have what I would consider higher EGT’s. Now, I noticed a few things about my engine. Then I had to resort to buying a new 3G alternator from Autozoo without the core, cuz I’m taking my motorcraft 3G to my alternator guy in LA. I got it back to my hometown, had my alternator rebuilt, and the rebuilder F’ed it up. by the time I hit the MN/WI border, the voltages were approaching 15.0 volts. Lastly, I think the GP wires grounding out ended up frying my alternator. And thank Zeus, cuz driving thru Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and the Mojave was about 106-110 degrees. I put a fuel hose on the line and put 3 hose clamps on the fuel hose. However when I charged it, it leaked out almost instantly. I tried to JB weld it (it is exceedingly difficult to reach), which held vacuum for a few days. It wore a hole in it about size of a grain of sand. Also, I found the leak on the rear AC low pressure line, which happened to be rubbing on the driver’s side shock mount. It seemed to do the trick, because all the way from Wisc to LA, it performed well, except at the very end. Ordered and installed new GVOD solenoid, filters, and gaskets. We got it back to Wisconsin to my uncle’s shop and did some maintenance for the drive to L.A. I’ve had that OD for years now and I kinda like it. I managed to limp her back to the US without the OD. Also, my AC leaked out so bad, that we thought there was a tire leak. We managed to get by with some generic anti-slip BS. And apparently the nearest jug of synthetic Lucas gear oil was in Edmonton. It was kinda fun replacing that seal in the parking lot of the Super 8… not really. The major issues were my gearvender overdrive tailshaft seal going out on me in the middle of nowhere alaska hwy and draining its fluid without me knowing until it was too late. But that was about it for problems with the engine. We found that in Fort Nelson, but it took us a few thousand kilometers of driving to find a freaking auto parts store with the staff that actually knew what a fusible link was. I had a few odd things go on with an injector in Whitehorse (which appears to have worked itself out with a filter full of ATF), and we lost the GP’s for a few days trying to track down whatever grounded out the fusible links. We quickly strapped it up with a ratchet strap to get it to the nearest hardware store in Whitehorse… about 700 miles away! When we found the problem on a ferry in the Northwest Territories, the bumper was literally held on by one last bolt, and had bend down to nearly touching the ground, like a snow plow. The metal fatique ripped the bumper mounts out completely on the passenger side, and all but one mount on the driver’s side. While driving the Dempster Highway up near Inuvik NWT, the washboard roads rattled my winch bumper to the point of near catastrophic failure. 1584 kilometers of arctic yukon mud/pulverized stone roads was a bit much for the old van. The new engine performed well, but pretty much everything else on the vehicle rattled to pieces. After driving over 12,000 miles from Los Angeles to Wisconsin to the Yukon Arctic to Montana to Wisc and back to LA, I’m parking the beast in the driveway for some well-deserved rest. Engine Thoughts on the latest 12,000-mile roadtrip to the Arctic Ocean
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