I took my 'A' on a 400 mi TSD rally a couple of weekends ago in very hilly
SE Ohio and ran it pretty hard the whole day. Next morning (the first cold
night it has spent outside) it started up faster than ever. Drove the 200
mi home between 70 and 80 and she just purred the whole way. MG's do love
to be driven.
Gordie Bird
62 MGA
86 4kcsq (if ya gotta ask, you're not it the club)
**>I run my engine near redline all the time, I have driven it from Co to Oh
**>a couple of times at no less than 4500 rpm for 20 hours straight, I love
**>it and my car loves it, but I do beleive that it wears bearings out
**>faster. I don't think that it does any real damage, just wears out the
**>consumable engine bits faster. The biggest advantages of an O/D
**>are about
**>5 mpg better mileage and less noise, but less noise isn't always
**>desireable.
**>
**>James Nazarian
**>'71 B roadster
**>'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
**>'74 BGT going by-by soon
**>'63 Buick 215
**>
**>On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Tab Julius wrote:
**>
**>>
**>> I've been watching the OD discussions, plus the comment from Gerardo of
**>> being tired of cruising at 5000 rpm (me too). Actually,
**>anything over 3000
**>> RPMs I know I'm burning up the gas, but I just can't feel that
**>higher RPMs
**>> are very good for the engine; like the optimal is 2500 to
**>3000. Of course,
**>> going red is definitely not good, but what about 4000 to 5000?
**> It won't
**>> blow the engine, but surely it's taking years off. Or is it
**>not? On the
**>> back roads it's not a problem, but the 75 mph highways I feel like I'm
**>> doing my engine a disservice if I actually go that fast for an extended
**>> period of time.
**>>
**>> Wishin' it was a 5-speed...
**>>
**>> - Tab
**>>
**>> '78 B
**>>
**>
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