Steve Byers wrote:
> > From: Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>
> > To: J. Neil Doane <root@yeah.indstate.edu>; Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
> > Cc: Tom Reichard <tom@lakemurray.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: RPM's too high?
> > Date: Monday, November 24, 1997 10:45 PM
> >
> > In the 10 years I have owned my Midget, I have made many all-day cruises
> > between Havelock, NC and Washington, DC (about 350 miles one way) at 3000
> -
> > 3500 rpm. I haven't torn down the engine, so I can't comment yet on
> what,
> > if anything, this has done to the motor, except that it continues to
> purr.
> > I use a lead substitute on those cruises out of town, just in case it
> does
> > some good; and I try to keep the rpm to below 3500, just in case it does
> > some good (3500 is the limit to my comfort level. I did hit 95 mph
> coming
> > down a hill in Pennsylvania this summer, but it was out of gear :-)
> >
> > Steve Byers
> > Havelock, NC USA
> > '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
> >
> > -------------------------------
> > >
> > > So are you saying keeping your lil MG engine wound up to 3500+ RPMs
> over
> > > extended periods of time is okay? I'm curious too, as I'm a new MG
> owner
> > > and have noticed the high revs cruising at highway speeds and wondered
> if
> > > it was hard on the car to drive it so fast.
> > >
> > > neil doane
I run mine at 4500 rpms on the freeways (and toll roads) on those long trips,
all day on unleaded gas. I've been doing it for many years and haven't smoked
one yet.
--
Frank Clarici
Too many Sprites
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