10,000 RPM

[Steve Gorkowski]

Bruce:

Going to Nascar race in Michigan this next weekend need a Nascar CSH ?

Steve

Bruce Plecan wrote:

> Well, the name says Stock Car <g>, just being silly here..
> Saw one of Mark Martin's engines, some time ago, was like looking at a Rolex
> in a sea of Seikos.  Really nice attention to detail.
> Grumpy
>
> | > Maybe a couple years ago.  Some of the incar footage has shown over 9K
> in
> | > race conditions, and I'd wager, that in qualifing, they are close if not
> at
> | > 10K.
> | > Grumpy
> | Yes, I have seen this too. I was just trying to make the point that if
> this is
> | the limit for a 30 thousand dollar engine do people actually think a
> production
> | engine can do the same thing?
> | To my knowledge the 2 highest revving factory V8's were the chev 302
> produced
> | in the 69 Z-28 and the Ford Boss 302 Mustang (somebody correct me If I am
> | wrong)
> | And there was no way that Either could hit 10k without valve float (long
> before
> | 10k) or breaking something.
> | Bill Edgeworth