> From: Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>
> To: J. Neil Doane <root@yeah.indstate.edu>; Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
> Cc: Tom Reichard <tom@lakemurray.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: RPM's too high?
> Date: Monday, November 24, 1997 10:45 PM
>
> In the 10 years I have owned my Midget, I have made many all-day cruises
> between Havelock, NC and Washington, DC (about 350 miles one way) at 3000
-
> 3500 rpm. I haven't torn down the engine, so I can't comment yet on
what,
> if anything, this has done to the motor, except that it continues to
purr.
> I use a lead substitute on those cruises out of town, just in case it
does
> some good; and I try to keep the rpm to below 3500, just in case it does
> some good (3500 is the limit to my comfort level. I did hit 95 mph
coming
> down a hill in Pennsylvania this summer, but it was out of gear :-)
>
> Steve Byers
> Havelock, NC USA
> '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>
> -------------------------------
> >
> > So are you saying keeping your lil MG engine wound up to 3500+ RPMs
over
> > extended periods of time is okay? I'm curious too, as I'm a new MG
owner
> > and have noticed the high revs cruising at highway speeds and wondered
if
> > it was hard on the car to drive it so fast.
> >
> > neil doane
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