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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

31-08-2018, 17:26

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High Hours and Service Life?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: High Hours and Service Life?

And about 12 1/2 years of continuous running, which means that this engine has been running continuously for about 1/4 of the time since new.

Incredible!

Jim

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

25-08-2018, 19:14

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High Hours and Service Life?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: High Hours and Service Life?

Well, that is pretty impressive! I got out of the race car biz in the late 60s, when I sweated blood to get around 400 hp out of a small block chev base. Those store bought engines are pretty...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

25-08-2018, 18:36

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High Hours and Service Life?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: High Hours and Service Life?

Jody, the "C" in your equation is the speed of light and has nothing to do with kinetic energy

The equation that you are thinking of is KE=1/2MV^2.

I knew what you meant but was trying to add a...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

25-08-2018, 16:44

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High Hours and Service Life?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: High Hours and Service Life?

I surely agree that wear increase with RPM is superlinear, but the equation you quote has nothing to do with it! That one relates to the conversion of mass to energy as in nuclear processes as in...

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