Re: Max RPM

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Vee Dubb wrote:
> 
> Listers;
> 
> What I'm really trying to figure out is not how to make it a monster, but
> how to make it survive being a monster.  So things like stiffer valve
> springs and stronger head bolts are what I'm after.  - you know, the
> reinforcements that have little to nothing to do with actual horsepower.  
<snip>
> Actually, it IS the persnickety details I'm looking for, not the generals
> that we always talk about.  Persnickety ones that deal with high speed
> toughness, anyway.

Lightened, balanced every damn thing; crank, flywheel, pistons, all the
rotating mass. 
Shot peened connecting rods (?). 
Reboring a used (seasoned) block rather than a new one. 
Oil passageways deburred and port matched. 
Ti (titanium) in the valve train. 

Super high revs might be where those aftermarket coils and ign. stuff
might make a noticeable difference (crane?).

Mechanical lifter head.

Sodium filled valves.

Up late, must sleep.
TBerk

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