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 -----------------End of Original Message----------------- ______________________________________________ "Michael Stocker" <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com> 10/24/97 5:42:07 AM EDT ______________________________________________ |
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