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Old 09-12-2010, 10:56 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Forrest Nearing View Post
the heat isn't going to hurt anything... it's 1400* EGT... the burn is so late, you're seeing a lot of heat at the turbine, but not nearly as much inside the chamber/on the piston

I agree, no reason why you can't raise the heat to the point your comfortable driving the turbine at. 1400 isn't the limit though, wasn't hard to drive it way higher......something you'd still want to monitor.

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Originally Posted by crabbelle View Post
but how long can that wheel take the heat before the metal starts to fatigue
Long long time if you keep it reasonable.
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