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Anyone took a cross country trip in their turbo/SC car?

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Old Apr 16, 2004 | 02:04 AM
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Default Anyone took a cross country trip in their turbo/SC car?

How did it run? Do you feel nervous about taking it on trips across the country?
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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i just returned from a 1000+ mile trek to northern california and back to visit my parents..

boosted alot to pass traffic and did both city and highway driving...

ran fine... if you tune your car from the get-go.. you should have no worries....
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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How did it run? Do you feel nervous about taking it on trips across the country?
Cross-country... no, but I did a 800 mile round trip over the weekend. Yes, I was nervous at first... my Vortech kit is tuned on my car to 420rwhp.

Car ran flawlessly the whole trip, though. Cruised around 80mph most of the way with occasional spurts up to three-digit land (National Mustang convention was in the same town I was heading for so I got to play with a bunch of them on the way into Nashville).

No problems at all with the car, motor, or SC. Gas mileage was close to 24mph on the highway.

Only concern I could even mention is my clutch acted like it was slipping after showing off a bit in Nashville (I'm still on the stock clutch). But after a day of normal driving it was acting normal again. I'll replace that before another long road trip... otherwise, no worries!
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 08:30 AM
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... McDuck made a good point on gas mileage-

on the highway, i got around 185 miles on 7.2 gallons.. ~ 25mpg !!
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 10:56 AM
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I know that in his many miles Skidazzle has made a trip to Miami from Dallas and back as I saw him here.
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