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Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds?
Posted by 'davidmc' on 18 Feb 2009 @ 12:18

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davidmcJoined: April 2003
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The difference is because of:

a) The level you are racing at.
b) The way you use your engine.

Some people rev their engines to 17,000rpm and race at the sharp end of the Super 1 grid. They are likely to rebuild engines much sooner (4 hours say). I generally don't rev above 16,000rpm and race at club level. I get it rebuilt every 8 hours (ish).

The engines will go much longer without a rebuild but slowly start losing performance. It's extremely rare for a TKM to have catastrophic failure. My only failure in 12 years or so is a big end failure which was my own fault. At club level, it isn't unreasonable to simply budget for one rebuild per engine per season and forget about hours.

Dave

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Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'Aquila' (18 Feb 2009 @ 11:56)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'davidmc' << You are here!

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'buzzinrussell' (18 Feb 2009 @ 12:26)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'Aquila' (18 Feb 2009 @ 12:38)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'deangwigan' (18 Feb 2009 @ 12:44)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'itpro' (18 Feb 2009 @ 12:55)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'Traxtar' (19 Feb 2009 @ 19:38)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'Aquila' (18 Feb 2009 @ 12:56)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'Aquila' (18 Feb 2009 @ 13:01)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'deangwigan' (18 Feb 2009 @ 23:11)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'buzzinrussell' (19 Feb 2009 @ 18:53)

Re: Tkm engine hours before rebuilds? by 'Aquila' (20 Feb 2009 @ 7:53)

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