Freeway Cruising In Second Gear

[Tony Sobrito <tony@domain.elided>]

>Subject: Opps!
>
>IH all,
>
>I had a little problem the other day. I was driving to my dads house
>about 15 miles away.  Got on the freeway and I thought that my rear diff
>was making a loud noise. It increased when I applied more throttle and
>decreased when I let up. This was at speeds up to about 70 or 75.  Well
>when I got there, I found that I left the tranny in 2nd! DOH!! It is the
>727 auto obviously.  Anyone have an idea of how many rpms my poor 345 was
>turning? I have 31x10.5 tires and 3.07 gears. I've had no problems since
>and assume that I got away lucky this time. 
>
>Ken

Ken this looks like about 3600 rpm at 75 mph to me.


Tony