Re: Autobahn (now redline)

[esw5@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu (Ernest Wong)]

[from John Greenstreet]
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>damage, and that may cut in at anywhere between 200 and 1000 rpm over
>redline.  In my 100CS it doesn't cut in until almost 7000 rpm, and it's
>easy to hit because the engine is completely smooth and quiet up to
>that point.  Contrast that with the two Lexus GS300s that I drove,

I remember reading about the SHO Taurus, I think, that the engineers set
the redline not for the engine itself but for the accesories driven off it.
I think it was either the alternator or the A/C compressor that would blow
after around 8,000.

>For that reason, I may wind the piss out of it, but I never let my
>engine idle for more than absolutely necessary, and have repeatedly

Save the starter. Or save the engine. That is the question.

>John Greenstreet, Senior Engineer           (jgreenst@motown.ge.com)
Ernest Wong
esw5@cornell.edu