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To many RPMs is another, especially in the burn out box



I did that twice with my KOS 499 when I first got it. The first time I didn't have a rev limit pill in the ignition and wasn't paying much attn to the tach - it was my first burnout in the car and I wasn't expecting the thing to rev that fast. I didn't know anything happened except the guy working the water box jumped back excitedly. Next time I asked him what was up and he said it souunded like it would blow up at those RPMs. I watched the next time, still no race limit pill, and saw 93oo before I knew it.

May have hurt the motor cause when starting the car to cross the stripe to enter the lanes it fired then made a goofy sound and quit. It would crank over but not fire. Started pulling the motor last weekend (man they have that thing shoehorned in with those huge headers) and so far have not seen any damage. Spark plugs all looked good. Oil not glimmering with flakes.

Maybe the intermediate shaft broke and the dist wasn't turning.

The 540 is going in while we take a look at the 499.