RE: Driving cars hard (high rpm's)

["Cox, Wiley" <Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>]

*BLAM*  *BLAM* *BLAM*  *CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK*  Darn it...

That line of reasoning is only good for...

A: Those people with the extra money to spend on a new engine
B: The knowledge of how to replace the engine in 1-2 days
C: A place to work on the car

:)  Guess how many of those I qualify for?  If I'm lucky, the new
apartment I might move into has a heated garage, so I can spend all
winter changing out the engine.  Then again, I'll probably only need
half that long... :)



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wm. Josiah Erikson [SMTP:josiah@gsinet.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 25, 1998 4:45 PM
> To:	Scirocco List
> Subject:	Re: Driving cars hard (high rpm's)
> 
> Somebody will shoot me, but I view our engines as rather disposable.
> Since most
> people don't drive that hard, and there are a ton of them around, and
> they last
> forever (practically), they are only worth between $100-$200 and the
> day or so
> it takes to change one.
>     -Josiah
> '83 parts car
> '84 GTi
> '86 Scirocco
> '87 QSW
> http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah/
> 
> scott hand wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 9:44 AM, Mark A Peele
> <mailto:scirocco.gtx@juno.com>
> > wrote:
> > >I don't think of using the full range of a motor is "driving hard".
> The
> > >1.5-1.6 motors real power band is 4K-6K anyway. What's wrong with
> using
> > >your motor? It was designed to operate in a specific range.
> Personally, I
> > >think it is wrong to drive your car gingerly. When I want power, I
> expect
> > >the motor to deliver it and fast! I never have shrunk back from
> taking my
> > >motor to 6K; damn, the peak HP on most of the 8V motors is 5500 rpm
> . . .
> > >
> >
> > Sure, and I love to go up around 5800 or so, but it's important to
> remember
> > that high RPM's=high engine wear. If you aren't sure how much life
> your
> > motor has left and don't feel like replacing it, you may not want to
> rev
> > that high. It's the spinning of the crank/pumping of the pistons
> that
> > creates wear. More spinning/pumping, more wear. Simple.
> >
> > scott
> >
> > '86 Scirocco 8v
> >
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