At 02:16 AM 5/24/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>re
>Maybe, or maybe that's what happens when you spin your WBX to 7000 RPM on a
>missed shift!  =)

It won't go there -- the limiter kicks in around 5600 rpm.

>I'd just call it failure due to age and stress, or cheapness of material in
>the first place.

I took a handful of these unused valves out of Bob Donald's trash
pile once.  They looked cheap and terrible compared to the valves he
was using.  The finish was bad, the machining sloppy, the material
seemed soft.  Reminded me of machine-tool stuff coming out of India
around the same time.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"