-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Gigante <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
To: John McEwen <mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>; Robert Allen
<boballen@sky.net>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, December 29, 1997 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: MGA superiority
>I had to disagree here, but I would think the bearings are only a very
>minor contributor to an engine's willingness to rev.
>
The main reeason our LBC engines won't rev in the stratospheric band is
their basic design. Due to the most rediculous taxing structure, british
engines were made with a small bore and a long stroke, thereby limiting the
upper rpm ranges somewhat.
Leigh Egbert
46 TC
48 TC
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