I don’t think he meant you can bang the gears in at any speed and expect the engine to take it. More that you should match vehicle and engine speed by allowing the vehicle to come down to engine speed rather than the other way around.
Bob’s right. When they fail, conrods almost always fail in tension, not compression, and it’s high revs, low load that does it.
Bob’s right. When they fail, conrods almost always fail in tension, not compression, and it’s high revs, low load that does it.
Alan Fairless