Ran mine for 1100 miles at 4000 RPM (3.90 rear) for 3 days to drive it home
from Kentucky to FL when I bought it 3 months ago. I swear that's why it
runs so well now. Just don't be stupid - your car is talking to you when
it runs. You just have to listen. If it says "cut it out!!!", cut it out.
Ron Soave
'61 Bugeye
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> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> To: Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>
> Cc: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Fw: RPM's too high?
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 7:27 PM
>
>
>
> 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
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
>
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