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Originally Posted by Java Junky
Yeah Addict, there's been alodda reference to Stewie's engines (AP1 n' 2) bein' related to motorcycle engines, which I believe is because of the efficiency n' the fact that with the bikes over the past decade, the real power's up top.
But longevity, even when "north of six K" (very nicely put) shouldn't be any problem. I no longer follow the bike magazines so I'm not current with what Honda's doin' with it's bike engines redline-wize, but I'm certain it's not very different from the 14+ K redline of the not-quite-current Yamahas.
So, with the reputation n' experience that Honda has, and the resultin' ability to build engines that can regularly deal with high RPM, I believe the only thing that would do harm to our engines is poor maintenance n' takin' it past the Ma Honda determined redline. (N' even then, I understand that they've built in a rev-limiter. 'Never miscalculated n' used it o'course. Alright, maybe once jus'ta make sure it was there n' operational)
To the best'a my knowledge, that pretty much describes a "bullet-proof" engine (when unaltered). That's a mighty good feelin', ain't it?
Allows you to focus your concentration on jus' keepin' it out'a the weeds.
Be well.
Java
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Many people say that the S2000's motor is like that of a streetbike and I could see why with its high revving nature. Motorcylces acheive their extremely high redlines through extreme bore/stroke ratios with a large bore and a very short stroke, 72.0 by 46.0 mm would be a typical bore stroke ratio on a streetbike, the F20c measures 87.0 by 84.0 mm which is pretty much a ratio within the realm of all cars. With such a high redline for a street car and a long stroke it means that the Honda has an extremely high piston speed(piston speed is how far each piston travels in one minute- twice the stroke in feet, multiplyed times the RPM) 4000 feet per minute (fpm) used to be considered the limit. F1 cars run about 4500-5000 fpm. if you do the math for the F20c you'll find them stroking out a racy 4575 fpm. @ peak power (8300 RPM), and a crazy 4960 fpm @ redline. I hope you understand the signifigance of what I just said! So, it's not based on motorcylce engine design whatsoever, just automotive engineering turned up to 11!
(I used the F20c as an example because the math was already done)