Gary,
Without a different cam and some head work these cars, at least the 1600s,
run outta air much past 6500, plus you're coming off the power curve of the
stock cam.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McCormick" <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
To: "Laury, Victor" <LauryV@MTA.NET>
Cc: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Stroked R16
> The manual indicates max horsepower and torque at 6,000 rpm. Six thousand
rpm is where the
> "Yellow Zone" starts on the tachometer dial - 7,000 rpm is the "Red Zone"
starts - and I
> quote from page 2: "It is no good for the engine to drive constantly in
the yellow shaded
> area. Do not race up the revolutions up to the red shaded area."
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> SRL311-13291 (currently observing zero rpm limit in garage)
>
> "Laury, Victor" wrote:
>
> > >Gary McCormick wrote: Engine specs for both the R16 and U20 in the
owner's
> > manual indicate a max engine speed of 6000 rom.
> >
> > >Then Mr. Katz Wrote - So... how does one install a warning bell when
your
> > tach is hitting 6000 rpm! I'm sure I've exceeded it on a few occasions.
> >
> > Boy! Am I in Trouble!! I thought 6 grand is just when it started getting
> > "perky"!
> >
> > Victor
> > 70 SRL 31113136
> > 72 HLS30 48255
> > 65 L-320 Pickup
> > Los Angeles
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=123073
> > SoCalROC http://www.ameri-eagle.com/datsun/
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