In a message dated 10/16/01 10:57:06 AM, andrewf@HAWAII.EDU writes:

<< One quetsion ive always had about Tiico is the trans gearing.  Is it the
same as withthe waterboxer? . . .  Gotta wonder if the inline
4 can handle prolonged highway driving that could be above 4500 rpm's?
Any comments?
 >>

Andrew,

The TIICO kit replaces the engine while retaining the original transaxle.
So, obviously, the gear reduction remains the same and consequently the RPM /
MPH does not change.  One thing which I have always heard about modern OHC I4
engines is that they love to rev.  Perhaps a more accurate observation would
be that they HAVE to rev in order to produce any usable amount of power.

Rich