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On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 09:22:43PM -0800, Dan Rickert wrote:
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> Not necissarily(sp) I work on internal combustion engines for a living. An
> engine is best operating at it's designed rpm. Over-reving or lugging(
> under rpm) will affect engine life and decrease service intervals. If the
> manufacturer designed the engine to operate at 5000 rpm lowering that to
> 4500 will overstress the engine and cause premature wear.
I hope they aren't that sensitive? A substantial fraction of the use of
my motor is running at almost a dead idle maneuvering around docks.
Kent
-- Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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