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Re: High RPMs at highway speed?
A few thoughts to go along with this. Don't stress the motor when it is
cold. I used to live at the bottom of a big hill. The freeway onramp
started uphill near the bottom. Every morning for many years I had to
hit that sucker with the engine not fully warmed up and merge with the
traffic. I'm sure this contributed to my wabbit's unhealthy appetite for
oil by the time it reached 200k miles. Ovalized piston bores probably.
On turbo motors, when you see 1.0 bar, you are essentially running
what would be full throttle on a non-turbo car. I would suggest not
doing that until the oil temp has come up some.
I went for a ride in an _extremely_ fast 300zx turbo the other day.
The owner went full boost onto the freeway only seconds after starting
the motor. I could hear the pinging. I was more worried about my lips
being peeled back on my face from the accelleration though :-) It
reportedly dynoed at 460 hp. I believe it. It also ate a spark plug tip
at one time (I wonder why?), so now has a scored bore on one cylinder.
Wolff
:)
>
> Ok everyone, as long as you are below redline on an engine, you can
> cruise around all day long if you like and not to any damage to the
> engine...
>
> That is the whole point of the redline, that is where bad things start
> happening...
>
> 3
>
> later...
>
> Michael Sheridan Williams
> San Francisco, CA
> ICQ# 11740998
> 1983 UrQuattro, MC--1.8 BAR, borla, 16x7.5 OZ Mito's w/ SP8000's, K&N
> 1985 4000S Quattro, Koni Yellows/Coilover (2B), strut brace, Sport 8000
> Tires, K&N
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