The 'sweet spot'....
I've seen several posters indicate that they have found the 'sweet spot' with their engines. How do you know? My thoughts are that the sweet spot is traveling in the highest gear at the lowest s...
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bluwtr49 wrote:
As has been said the "sweet spot" correlates to peak torque rpm. In my case the cat C12 is around 1250 or so and is fairly flat to ~1500 so that range is what I consider my sweet spot. ~1450 give me 65 mph so it all comes together nicely.
Find the torque curve for you particular engine and that should help.
If you are a member of BAC there is a retired CAT mechanic that will look up your serial number and tell you the testing data when new. If you already know this sorry for repeating. Being a member won't be an issue for him he is a very helpful guy. Happy Camping!
