----- Original Message -----
From: <WSpohn4@aol.com>
To: <carlynneracing@home.com>
Cc: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: MSD
>
> If you need an ego boost, just set the redline indicator on your tach for
> 8000 rpm so the bystanders in the pits can ooh and ahh.
>
But I shifted my 302 at 8500. We figured it was good to 9500, but I just
didnt' think I could do that. Why lower my tach redline?
> I have pretty much given up trying to convince my friends that race that
more
> revs ain't necessarily good. Except for specialised situation such as
holding
> a gear to save an extra shift between corners, or a drag race to the
finish
> line on the last lap, there is no point in the world in thrashing the
engine
> for nothing.
Well, using the old FAA horsepower show the more you rap it, the more you
get. Of course, in reality, if heads don't flow, if cam is too short, etc.,
etc. Now in a Chevy, you can take that a long way, unlike a lot of the BMC
stuff that explode into pieces at anything over a heartbeat. A man's got to
know his limitations.
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