On Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:45:54 -0600 (CST) "J. Neil Doane"
<root@yeah.indstate.edu> writes:
>
>
>On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Rick Brown wrote:
>
>> Tom Reichard wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm a brand-new MG owner (1977 Midget 1500) with a "silly
>question". At
>> > highway speeds I'm wound up to about 3500 RPM, which seems (and
>sounds)
>> > pretty high. Is this normal, or has the axle ratio been changed in
>my car?
>> > If that's normal, are gears available to gear it up a bit? Pro's
>and Con's
>> > of doing so?
>> > Thanks
>> > Tom
>>
>> Congratulations on becoming an MG owner Tom!
>>
>> I used to have a 78 1500 Midget and at highway speeds - 60-65 my
>rpms
>> were about 3500 or even higher.
>>
>> Rick
>
>So are you saying keeping your lil MG engine wound up to 3500+ RPMs
>over
>extended periods of time is okay? I'm curious too, as I'm a new MG
>owner
>and have noticed the high revs cruising at highway speeds and wondered
>if
>it was hard on the car to drive it so fast.
>
>neil doane
It hasn't hurt my 74 Midget. It has 258,000 on the odo, and about 95,000
on the last rebuild.
Of course, I've been known to run it up to 5200RPM on occaision.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
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