[mr0077]

Ant, my apologies, I guess I just can't READ!! I misread the words "minimum cruising" to be "maximum cruising" (small difference!). Sorry 'bout that...

If you're going to build it to make decent power to 7000, I'd bet you'll need to keep the cruising RPM above 3000, and above 3500 even better. My power starts falling off at about 6000, and cruising below 2500 is right on the edge of the power band. It has SO much torque that it still moves out well from 2000 or so, but noticably better above 2500.