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Old 11-10-2025, 12:51 PM
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Well we are always using the term RPM in this discussion so I have always thought we need to ask this.

Factory 58 to 62 production forged rods.

We rework them get them a tad stronger and let’s say run them in a 1/4 mile motor that runs 11 flat and see’s 6200 rpm at the shift points.
And we are not even looking at average numbers .

Now the motor has not spun around for 60 seconds, in terms of that 11 flat pass, so how many revolutions has it really turned ?

Hint, the number is pretty low!

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