----- Original Message -----
> Are you serious about 5,800 rpm all day long? I've got a pretty well gone
> over bottom end and a balanced engine and I get nervous running it at 4000
> rpm for more than a minute or so on the highway. I don't have an overdrive
> yet so I cruise at 65 on the highway, which drives me nuts . I'd love to
blast down the pike at 4500rpm but it scares me ! Can these engines really
> take it?
>
> Nick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan Miles <rjhmile@yahoo.com>
> To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:20 PM
> Subject: 220 Horse TR6
>
>
> > List,
> >
> > Everyone should take a minute to realize that we (the US) got the
> shaft. You SHOULD be able to take a TR6 engine, modifly it to make 150
> (crankshaft) horsepower, and go run it at 5,800 RPM (later model 6's) all
> day long. In theory the factory tested this. It's not magic. These engines
> are pretty tough. The guy with Nitrus has turned a 10 second ET, and he
> swears that the bottom end of the engine is stock. The key there is that
he
> had a built racing engine at home and he really didn't care if it came
> apart.
> >
> > By the way, anyone that wants to spend about $3,000 to go really fast
> should look into a 100cc ar 125cc go kart. I drove one today for the first
> time, and it is the fastest thing I have ever driven in my life!! the
> accerlertion isn't blinding(I only drove a 100), but the turning and
braking
> is! I believe that a go kart has the fastest lap time at Mid Ohio...that
> what I remember, but I could be wrong.
> >
> > Ryan Miles
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