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Thread: Lost a Motor last night.
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05-16-2008, 09:50 AM   #45 (permalink)
Just Jim
 
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Re: Lost a Motor last night.
Looks to me like that motor was seriously over revved beyond the capability of the valve train and rods. Maybe valve float was actually occuring instead of "hitting the 7000RPM rev limiter"? Just a thought.
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