[mgerber]

Well, I had fun yesterday...(my car is a stock '81 SC with stock 3.0 CIS motor that was freshened with new studs, bearings and all required head work 4K miles ago)

Was accelerating into the left lane on the highway when the car started accelerating on its own in 3rd gear. To avoid hitting the car in front of me and get on to the right side highway shoulder I put the car in neutral (to try and coast). The tach was buried through the process as I was occupied trying not to kill anyone. Apparently the cruise control malfunctioned and stuck open.

I have read that these cars have 6850 +/- 150 rpm limiters. I could not say where the tach was during all of this, but it looked like it was at about 7K rpm. Car starts hot/cold fine, runs with power as before and no noises after the incident. Any opinions on 3.0 high rpm tolerance? I know the 10mm rod bolts fare better than the 9mm rod bolts in these situations.

Thanks in advance for the input...