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Old 10-11-2020, 12:08 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fujioko View Post
I have a thermalcouple on the cylinder head and actively keep an eye on the temperature. So far the temperatures have been in the safe zone at full power and with a full load. I often wonder how much more power I can get out of the engine before it starts having cooling issues.
While you can warp valves, the piston pin failure is probably more interesting because you can't accurately measure that temp, you can only predict it with oil temp rises,and after the rod has exited the block, it's a wee bit late.
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