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[Kevin Wood]

No rev limiter back in those days Kevin, not sure it had even been invented.  Car in question was my Capri 3.0S which I owned for just over six years, so the event was quite some time back. 

They were quiet nippy,  a friend of mine had a 3.1 RS years ago. 

The cams were a fairly effective rev limiter, if memory serves.

[Andy B]

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The cams were a fairly effective rev limiter, if memory serves.

Would that not be cam ..... in the singular? 

[05omegav6]

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The cams were a fairly effective rev limiter, if memory serves.

Would that not be cam ..... in the singular? 

The single camshaft on those still has 12 cams on it

[Nick W]

No rev limiter back in those days Kevin, not sure it had even been invented.  Car in question was my Capri 3.0S which I owned for just over six years, so the event was quite some time back. 

They were quiet nippy,  a friend of mine had a 3.1 RS years ago. 

The cams were a fairly effective rev limiter, if memory serves.

It's actually the inlet manifold that's restrictive. Mill the separator out of the plenum and rather than running out puff at 5k rpm it will go over 6 with no other mods. Did this on several engines. Although you do exacerbate some of the other Essex problems - the rockers constantly need resetting, a heavy-duty oilpump drive becomes essential rather than just a good idea and the timing gear is even more likely to fail. It's designed for use like American V8s, low-end torque rather than revs

[Andy B]

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The single camshaft on those still has 12 cams on it

Good point .... well made