Prowler V6
Bruce Plecan
nacelp at bright.net
Thu Jun 3 03:42:27 GMT 1999
I'm surprised ya haven't tried harder.
Turn 9 at the ol Riverside Course had done 10K to alot of engines, usually
cause they caught 2 instead of 4 onna downshift.
NOs has done a couple that if not at 10K were real close.
Rotaries, ya
Sleepy
| > Not being a smart***, is this something you've seen? Some of us just
| While I like taking chances and blowing up engines (personal hobby of my
| friends and I), I will state that *I* or *WE* have never successfully
| revved any production V8 engine to 10,000 RPM.
| The exception is a fully race prepared Donovan block with massively
| overpriced custom made stuff, and a small 4-banger here and there. I
| think my friend with the Rx7 engine claimed 10k RPM, but I for one never
| witnessed this.
| Anyway, V8's having more rotating mass, generate more forces on the
| rods, yada yada, and OEM stuff simply breaks.
| If you have such a beast, drive to Bridgeport, CT, and I will gladly
| refute such a claim after attaching my tachometer to your engine for 30
| minutes :)
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