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Old 09-01-2009, 06:43 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Clev View Post
Doesn't matter. At a minimum, the comm bars will lift, and at worst, the assembly won't have been balanced to handle the RPMs and will destroy itself. It happened to Mark Hastings on the EVDL in 2007, when the buyer of his truck towed it behind a car dolly with the transmission in first. The 9" motor and transmission both grenaded.
Sure it does. There's a world of difference between doing 10k+ rpm, at or almost at twice it's rated speed, fast enough to grenade the transmission too, and doing similar given common 2nd gear ratios, with the motor at ~6k+ rpm, maybe ~10+% above it's maximum rated speed when powered.
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