I agree Doug and would add "how good are your rods and rod bolts".
This is from experience dang it!
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At 08:56 AM 4/28/2007, Doug Odom wrote:
>Tom, On a push rod motor its. How good are your valve springs with a
>short stroke motor and how good are your pistons in a long stroke
>motor. A 3" stroke motor will have a piston speed of 4000 fpm at 8000
>rpm and a 3.75 stroke motor will have a piston speed of 5000 fpm at 8000
>rpm. A very big difference in how long it will live. Thats the first
>thing to look at.
>Doug Odom in big ditch
>
>tom sarda wrote:
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> >How fast can you turn a 383 chevy? Is it feasible to
> >spin it as much as 9000 rpms?
> >Has anyone seen the steam car drawings or pictures? Is
> >that shape good? I was wanting to build the
> >streamliner body with an hour-glass shape. Am I on the
> >right track? With respect to the 383 I really am
> >referring to the rotating mass.
> >Any opinions will be helpful. Thanks, Tom
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