I just re-read this message from Doug, so I guess
my question is answered. 6500 RPM looks like
where I should red-line it for most runs.
Dick J
--- DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net> wrote:
> Dick; 7500 will give you a piston speed of 4350
> ft.min. Stroke (inches)
> X 2 X RPM / 12 . That is OK if you have forged
> pistons and steel crank
> with good rods. Anything over 4000 ft.min. with
> stock parts is scary.
> Now I'm not going to tell you that I have never
> built a dyno grenade
> with lots of stock parts just to check some
> wild idea I had. I would put
> in a cam that made power in the 6500 range. You
> can run it past that in
> the gears getting up to speed because you shift
> back to a lower RPM so
> quick. I can give you a list of cams we have
> used that fill that
> bill. Doug Odom in big ditch
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