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Re: Plug firing time at 9000 rpm?
Posted to R.P.M. Forum on 12/2/2011 8 Replies

Hello, Jim

I never was any good at math, but:

An four-cycle engine running at 9,000 rpm fires each cylinder 4,500 times per minute.

4,500 revolutions per minute/60 seconds = 75 ignition events per second.

One second = 1000 milliseconds. 1000/75 ignitio... Login to read more.

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