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Re: The roller rocker thing- my last word and then I'll shut up

To: s800racer@earthlink.net, rcrump@enid.com, brian@uunet.ca
Subject: Re: The roller rocker thing- my last word and then I'll shut up
From: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:12:24 EST
In a message dated 20/12/01 10:07:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
s800racer@earthlink.net writes:


> .  In a Sprite and
> other similar small-bore engines, the roller-rockers allow you to reliably
> run higher RPM.  By tuning the rest of the package (cams, intake, valves,
> timing, etc.) to make peak power at the higher RPM, 

Damn - you mean that my buddy with the 970 cc Cooper S could have turned MORE 
than the 9500 rpm he used to use 20 years ago??

Bill Spohn
(1 MGA, 2 cams, NO rockers!)

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