Andrew,
IIRC you drove the car home from Ross's shop so I figure you have a few
thousand miles on it by now. I have the philosophy that a new engine should be
taken out to maximum rpm by 1000km (approx 650miles) if you want it run in
properly.
If your talking about 6500rpm on a Solex car it will be fine. At 5500rpm
horsepower should still be increasing along with the fun factor.
I've been known to take mine well 7500 but it was built to cope with that.
Regards,
Phill Brook
www.users.bigpond.com/fairlady
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Murphy <solex675@hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:49 pm
Subject: SRL311-00489 update and rev question.
> Hello All,
>
> Well, it's been two months since I received my 67.5 2000 from
> restoration. I
> have driven the car on weekends and have taken it to work to show
> it off
> twice. My boss is a convert to Datsuns, but his tastes are more
> towards the
> Italian. I have ridden in his 1964 GT250 and I must say the
> Italians do know
> how to make sports cars. Still, he told me that my car could
> easily stay
> with his in the turns and probably could outhandle him. On the
> straights his
> car would eat the roadster alive.
>
> The car has performed very well and I just put in the 6K rev chip
> in the
> MSD. Brings up a question: Do you think the car could take the
> 6500 with no
> issues? The car is a rocket with the 5500 chip in it. I think the
> 6K is a
> good bet.
>
>
>
> Andrew Murphy
> 1967.5 2000 Solex
> SRL311-00489
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