10,00 RPM is high.  I used to work in an engine lab and the exhaust temps where so high the exhaust
header would glow.
--- On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:11:18 -0700  garth woolstenhulme <gwoolstenhulme@truelink.net> wrote:

>> You might want to keep in mind that RX7 engines are great engines --
>Compact, light, last a long
>> time and are easy to work on.  But, the more common (afforable) ones
>really don't put out that much
>> HP or torque, and probably would not be a good bus engine.
>
>I have heard, from people trying to put this motor in non-RX7 vehicles,
>that it has low amounts of torque--so it would not get the bus going, has
>real hot exhaust temperatures, and runs at much higher RPM's than most
>other engines--10,000RPM if I remember correctly.
>
>Garth

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  "Michael Stocker" <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com>
           10/24/97 5:42:07 AM EDT
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