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Old 04-30-2018, 02:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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relax. Your engine isn't flexing. Not appreciably anyway. You need to apply enough force to make it flex, otherwise it isn't going to cause any real fatigue. Stress from uneven expansion of the metal if it heats and cools too rapidly is much more likely to damage it than the combustion pressures.
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