time2roll wrote:
what RPM are you running during the climb and overheat?
I would aim for about 200 to 1000 rpm over peak torque rpm rating. Pull the lever and hold the gear. Adjust your speed to get the RPM in the zone and just set the cruise.
AFAIK you should get lockup in all gears except 1st when using this method.
3 - 4.5K. I've never been shy to let my gas engines rev though I try to stay at least 1k shy of redline. Though on this gauge cluster there is no red and it goes up to 6,000. I'm assuming it would rev limit if I went too high, but personally won't push it much past 5,000.
I agree with you on finding that gear. It was what I was playing with on the drive home and it really helped keep the heat down. I'm hoping to go out again an a few weeks and I'm going to pay more attention to lockup and see what happens.
