The Ford Barn

bdtutton · 02-08-2018, 01:33 AM

I have been thinking about taking my 1930 Tudor on a trip that will require me to maintain 48-50 MPH on smooth level roads for about 40 miles each way. I have only had the car since last year and believe it is basically stock, but it seems to run well at 50 MPH. I regularly drive the car 9 miles to work and 4+ of those miles are at 50 MPH and it seems happy.

With 3.78 gears it will be running 2100 RPM for 40 miles each way and I was wondering how much strain that would be for the engine. I run full synthetic 10-40 oil that I change every 500 miles.

What do you think??

02-08-2018, 01:33 AM	#1
bdtutton Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 113	How far at 50 MPH I have been thinking about taking my 1930 Tudor on a trip that will require me to maintain 48-50 MPH on smooth level roads for about 40 miles each way. I have only had the car since last year and believe it is basically stock, but it seems to run well at 50 MPH. I regularly drive the car 9 miles to work and 4+ of those miles are at 50 MPH and it seems happy. With 3.78 gears it will be running 2100 RPM for 40 miles each way and I was wondering how much strain that would be for the engine. I run full synthetic 10-40 oil that I change every 500 miles. What do you think??