"Haaken Hveem" wrote in message
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It must altso tolerate punishing high revs' (20,000 rpm )

And the piston?

Titanium perhaps?

I would think a beryllium alloy could do something here, but I guess it's
just too feared and expensive to try.
Maybe a lithium aluminum alloy...

Tim

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