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Subject:Re: rpm@60 - Wind It Up Baby!
From:Rico Sapolich
Date:Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:40:40 EST

In a message dated 12/19/01 10:46:32 AM, BLun143222@AOL.COM writes:

<< I also think running over 4000 rpm for any lenght is to much stress on this
eng  >>

Well if it is, I am sure as hell going too find out.  My older Syncro has 195
kmi. on it and I screw it tight everytime , all the time.  Lugging a modern
engine is what will sound its death knell, not winding it up.  It's something
like this.  You're standing in front of a pallet of bricks which have to be
moved to the top of a building to finish a chimney.  Now, what is going to
pop your hernia out of its hiding place, carrying the bricks to the roof 2 at
a time or all at once?  The work done is the the same, it's the rate (as in
bricks per trip up the ladder) of doing the work that makes the difference.

Rich

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