Clipper Cabrio automatic gearbox-performance?
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Looking to buy a 1992 clipper Cabrio but it's a three speed automatic, are they reliable and any good?, what's performance like compared with the manual?
Just need some advice before I make the purchase!
Thanks
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Dependable? They have gone over 400K with no maintenance… I have about 225K on one and 185 on the other.
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Briano1234 said
it is an automatic, on a good day you will get 23-25mpg, bot the 35-45 I got on my 90 5 spd.
Dependable? They have gone over 400K with no maintenance… I have about 225K on one and 185 on the other.
Thanks, what are they like performance wise?
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Clipper Cabrio automatic gearbox-performance?
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It is no tarmac burner but is still able to keep up with, and exceed when required, modern traffic.
I can still comfortably hear my sound system with the roof down and the windows up cruising at 80mph. (On a private road, obviously!) But I do have a wind blocker and use JBL and Rockford Fosgate speakers.
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On the interstate over hear I have no issues with matching traffic. The biggest draw back I found is when I first had the car on a long drive with the a/c on was that the Engine Oil temp would rocket to the near red….
I fixed it by throttling back (75-85 mph) to 65, and the a/c finally fixed it with the addition of a external oil cooler on it, as the 90's Digifants didn't have the oil stabilizer attached to the (oil cooler) in the water system/oil filter as the 89''s and earlier ones did.
I used the sandwich plate from a Volvo (Whaler), and ran new hoses to a low profile exchanger that I placed in front of the condenser for the a/c as it was thermo controlled it opened up at 95dc, and kept the engine cool on long drives….I never had a temp spike issue after installing running down the road…..
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Where are my DIY Links?
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Where are my DIY Links?
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thanks for the advice, i feel happier now making my purchase…watch this space for when i collect
cheers!
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