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Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship
Posted by 'HappyWheels77' on 13 Sep 2010 @ 15:43

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I've not seen a power curve for one of these engines but I guess maximum power is produced around the 11,000-11,500rpm mark, so maybe a voluntary 11,200rpm limit makes sense, so long as it doesn't effect lap times.

It seems to be a love/hate relationship with these engines [it was with mine]. Everybody loves the torque/power/drivability/sound of these engines, but their durability is now being questioned and rebuilds are not cheap when compared to a Max, for example.

But, my biggest bugbear with these engines is that you can not [or could not] buy the parts to do your own engine rebuild. I know I've had this gripe before but I feel that this gives the engine very limited appeal to the not so small leisure market and non-msa competitors.

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TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'Attack2001' (12 Sep 2010 @ 21:19)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'HappyWheels77' (12 Sep 2010 @ 21:32)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'SamDan' (12 Sep 2010 @ 22:30)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'HappyWheels77' (12 Sep 2010 @ 22:41)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'SamDan' (12 Sep 2010 @ 22:56)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'SteveGraves' (12 Sep 2010 @ 22:46)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'SamDan' (12 Sep 2010 @ 22:54)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'SteveGraves' (12 Sep 2010 @ 23:06)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'carladingding' (13 Sep 2010 @ 0:22)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'SteveGraves' (13 Sep 2010 @ 0:44)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'carladingding' (13 Sep 2010 @ 11:46)

Re: TKM 4 Maintenance/Rebuilds by 'JoeKarter' (13 Sep 2010 @ 13:08)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'HappyWheels77' << You are here!

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'Attack2001' (13 Sep 2010 @ 18:23)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'JoeKarter' (13 Sep 2010 @ 18:52)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'Attack2001' (13 Sep 2010 @ 19:07)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'JoeKarter' (13 Sep 2010 @ 20:13)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'Attack2001' (13 Sep 2010 @ 21:30)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'colingray' (13 Sep 2010 @ 20:26)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'JoeKarter' (13 Sep 2010 @ 21:23)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'colingray' (13 Sep 2010 @ 22:43)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'Scotto89' (14 Sep 2010 @ 0:04)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'Attack2001' (14 Sep 2010 @ 0:06)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'Dan96' (15 Sep 2010 @ 12:38)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'kartingsteve' (16 Sep 2010 @ 17:38)

Re: TKM K4S love/hate relationship by 'JoeKarter' (16 Sep 2010 @ 18:05)

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