Yesterday I had a long stretch of open 4 lane highway so I decided to see what the SDL could do. I had the A.C. on and the ambient temp was around 78? Well, I was cruising at 72 (speed limit's 65) when I decided to floor it. I have to say, I'm not all that impressed with the car's highway acceleration (nor city for that matter) even without the A.C. So anyways, the temp went up to the 100 mark and stayed there during the high speed run and I kept seeing streaks or clouds of dark black smoke. The car could have gone faster but it wasn't speeding up too fast and I wasn't really going for top speed. What does this sound like to you guys? My cross-over's been cleaned as well as the ARV and EGR being taken care of, though the cross-over was already clean when I took it apart. Does this sound like an injection timing problem? I've been wanting to take it into the indie's to have it timed.

Also, when I got off the interstate and was sitting on the off-ramp, there seemed to be a slight surge to the engine rpms. Not really noticeable by watching the tach but there was a correlating surge on the oil pressure gauge. My oil pressure was reading about 1.2 when I was sitting still which I would point to my lack of oil cooler as to that happening.

As for responsibility, I knew what I wanted to do and I knew the condition of my car. I have new tires and the front-end is as tight as can be. Still, I know things could go wrong and that's why I did it when no one else was around. Plus, I'm 19 and that's the kind of stupid stuff kids like me do

Thanks
David

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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