3208 NA rpm

[Gardner Yeaw]

What is the top rpm of a 3208 NA in a Bluebird.
My '78 peaks about 25 or 2600. I can put the trany in 3rd and take it
to the top speed and it stops at 2500 and doesn't shift, so the trans
doesn't register an over speed. Is this normal, or is the high idle or
throttle linkage in need of adjustment? I thought the top RPM was
closer to 3000.

Gardner
78FC33

[Mike Hohnstein]

3050 is enough for a NA. Low side of the scale is 1900, it will live longer if
you cruise at 2400/2600. Some will say it's OK to run on the governor, but it
ain't so. Valves tend to fall into the cylinders. You need to verify the
throttle is all the way open, don't sound like it is.
MH
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From: Gardner Yeaw
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Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] 3208 NA rpm


What is the top rpm of a 3208 NA in a Bluebird.
My '78 peaks about 25 or 2600. I can put the trany in 3rd and take it
to the top speed and it stops at 2500 and doesn't shift, so the trans
doesn't register an over speed. Is this normal, or is the high idle or
throttle linkage in need of adjustment? I thought the top RPM was
closer to 3000.

Gardner
78FC33





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[davidkerryedwards]

3208NA is typically governed at 2800rpm. You should have a couple of hundred
more rpm's
somwhere.

Kerry
82 Fc 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw" wrote:
>
> What is the top rpm of a 3208 NA in a Bluebird.
> My '78 peaks about 25 or 2600. I can put the trany in 3rd and take it
> to the top speed and it stops at 2500 and doesn't shift, so the trans
> doesn't register an over speed. Is this normal, or is the high idle or
> throttle linkage in need of adjustment? I thought the top RPM was
> closer to 3000.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>