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Re: How high do you typically spin your motor?

Subject: Re: How high do you typically spin your motor?
by j3studio on 2008/12/24 19:57:16

Quote:

BrianCunningham wrote:
Got to love the rev limiter on the LT5

It was actually set for the accessories and not the engine!


This is not that unusual - early 1970s LT1s could not be had with air conditioning because of fears that the engine would rev too high for the AC belt/compressor.

Chevrolet ended up making LT1s available with air by changing the tachometer red-line (but nothing else) and crossing their fingers...
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