"K Smith" wrote in message
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Billgran wrote:
"K Smith" wrote in message
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I will point out that garden variety aluminium, we use it here, has
a
"melting" point of about 660C or 1220F. So your new "special" high
temp
alloy pistons might be stronger, but they are an admission the fuel
is
autoigniting, which it definitely is by much much lower temps.




Ah, you don't get it at all, Karen. With FICHTs performing well over
2000
hours in commercial fishing use and for years doing OK, it's not a
problem
of piston melting. The "NASA space age" aluminum does not expand as
much as
traditional alloys. This allows E-TEC to have a very snug piston to
cylinder
fit for less piston-slap noise in the motor. There are also no
cutaways in
the skirts either, so the piston has less "rocking" motion. The
E-TEC is
competing against the 4-stroke noise issue and the less expanding,
tighter
fitting piston helps. I've run the motors and mechanical noise is
almost
non-existant, even with the motor cover off.

Sorry Bill they're having a lend of you yet again, just as they did
when they told you all the other BS, by know I thought you might have
been more wary;

snip

However despite all the troubles, OMC got chucked & now Bomb have
chucked it; you never once stopped to wonder why they needed all this
snip

I believe you have mischaracterized the sale of the Recreational
Products Division. They needed the money to build airplanes and trains.
The family bought the snowmachines and outboards. I would think that is
a vote that there are no timebombs lurking.

del cecchi
Karen Smith
at your service

Bill Grannis
service manager