High Starter RPMs
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'19 E63S sedan
High Starter RPMs
The S65 starter spins the engine at what sounds like a much higher speed than any other car that I've owned. It is so fast that it sounds like the engine has no compression. The whole engine makes a turbine-like whine before it starts.
Does anyone know if valve timing is altered when starting in order to get the RPMs up prior to ignition? Or is the starter just massive and geared differently? Is this common to the V-12s?
Does anyone know if valve timing is altered when starting in order to get the RPMs up prior to ignition? Or is the starter just massive and geared differently? Is this common to the V-12s?
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The S65 starter spins the engine at what sounds like a much higher speed than any other car that I've owned. It is so fast that it sounds like the engine has no compression. The whole engine makes a turbine-like whine before it starts.
Does anyone know if valve timing is altered when starting in order to get the RPMs up prior to ignition? Or is the starter just massive and geared differently? Is this common to the V-12s?
Does anyone know if valve timing is altered when starting in order to get the RPMs up prior to ignition? Or is the starter just massive and geared differently? Is this common to the V-12s?
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From: San Jose area
'19 E63S sedan
