8,000RPM Shifting My 540 Bigblock Corvette

Watch the tach. 1st to 2nd shift is at 8,000RPM. 2nd to 3rd is at 7,500. And some people say a bigblock won't rev. This is a 700+hp 540CID Merlin block Chevy engine.

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[jslewalite]

HOLY GOD

[jaymanleonard]

@rotor13 I know the book.

[rotor13]

@jaymanleonard I feel like a dyslexic idiot..... I cracked open "Wankel Rotary Engine" by John B. Hege.

[jaymanleonard]

@rotor13 ha ha yes please.My bed time books are generally about vehicles. Cars, WW2 AFVs and aircraft. I find it fascinating! I would love to know what books are telling you about the development of the rotary engine pre WW1, since like I said, it wasnt concieved until 1929. If your books are correct, which theyre not by the way, that would mean that Wankel made his prototype when he was about 10 years old. Read your books again carefully or throw them away.

[rotor13]

@jaymanleonard I have the books, would you like me to read you a bedtime story?

[jaymanleonard]

@rotor13 You were paraphrasing? So some other numpty doesnt have a clue about the history of the rotary engine and you decided to regurgitate? fair enough...

[67mustangreg]

 FREE TIME SAVER BUTTON RIGHT HERE! > 0:30

[rotor13]

@jaymanleonard I was paraphrasing

[jaymanleonard]

@rotor13 before WW1? Felix Wankel didnt conceive the design until 1929. And even then it wasnt til the 50s that he started to develop the engine. During the war he mainly worked on concept engines and rotary valves for the german airforce and navy.

[rotor13]

@jaymanleonard Dont forget that Chevy was also investing heavily into the Rotary's R&D when they were prototyping it for their Corvette going with a 4rotor design. Among many other American manufacturers before WWI tried to perfect the design. Most didnt want to risk any more millions that they already budgeted for the development. Just about every automotive and aeronautical manufacturer tried, few succeeded