"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
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Car engines now are designed for full throttle continuous operation
because that's how the Germans run them. Actually another application
that does that, is the common school bus. Underpowered, they are run
flat out for a long time sometimes. Most now use diesels that are way
too heavy to fly, but when they ran Chevies, they ran a regular old
four bolt forged crank SBC.


Back in the late 70s I drove a Chevy flatbed dump truck powered by a 350.
Always hauled a 8000 lb Ditch Witch and pulled a 16000 lb Case back hoe. Had
to run flat on the floor every where I went. Never had any problems, even in
summer. Did have a nice sized radiator though.

I think of that rig every time I hear someone claim that auto engines won't
survive at high power settings.