diff --git a/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp b/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp
index a981fc8..27a2985 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp
@@ -745,10 +745,38 @@ void Myomers::MyomersDriveHeat(Scalar time_slice)
 	//   accTerm = m |v| |a| dt             (acceleration power)
 	Scalar work = mass * (velMag * velMag) * 0.5f;		// dot(v,v)*0.5 (_DAT_004b8ee4)
 
-	// The three terms, kept separate for diagnosis (#96 "myomers run too hot"):
-	// two are POWER (x dt), one is an ENERGY added per TICK.
+	// The three terms (#96 "myomers run too hot").  Two are POWER (x dt); the
+	// kinetic one is an ENERGY the binary adds once per TICK with NO dt
+	// (FUN_004b8d18: param_2 multiplies the climb and accel terms only).
+	//
+	// FRAME-RATE NORMALISATION.  A per-tick energy makes heat/SECOND scale with
+	// the tick rate, which on a 1995 fixed-frame machine is a constant and on a
+	// modern PC is not: two players on different hardware, or the same player in
+	// a heavy scene, get different heat from identical throttle.  Measured here
+	// at ~59Hz the myomers cross their degradation threshold in ~27s of seek-4
+	// cruising; at the pod's documented 30Hz board frame that is ~54s.
+	//
+	// So the term is rescaled to the reference frame rate: multiply by
+	// dt * kPodFrameHz, which is 1.0 exactly when dt == 1/30 and makes the heat
+	// identical on every machine.  This is the ONE deliberate divergence from a
+	// verbatim transcription of @004b8d18, and it exists because the binary's
+	// value depends on a constant our port does not have.
+	//
+	// ⚠ 30Hz is the i860 board frame ([T1], rendering.md) -- the HOST simulation
+	// rate is not separately established, so treat this as the reference, not as
+	// proven.  BT_MYO_HZ overrides it without a rebuild so the pod veterans can
+	// calibrate it by feel.
+	static const Scalar kPodFrameHz = 30.0f;
+	static Scalar s_hz = -1.0f;
+	if (s_hz < 0.0f)
+	{
+		const char *hv = getenv("BT_MYO_HZ");
+		s_hz = (hv && *hv) ? (Scalar)atof(hv) : kPodFrameHz;
+		if (s_hz <= 0.0f) s_hz = kPodFrameHz;
+	}
+
 	Scalar termClimb   = velComplement  * vy * mass * gravity * time_slice;
-	Scalar termKinetic = workComplement * work;			// <-- no dt, per the binary
+	Scalar termKinetic = workComplement * work * (time_slice * s_hz);	// rate-normalised
 	Scalar termAccel   = velComplement  * velMag * accMag * mass * time_slice;
 	Scalar gain        = ratio * ratio * damageGain;
 
@@ -757,9 +785,17 @@ void Myomers::MyomersDriveHeat(Scalar time_slice)
 	if (getenv("BT_MYO_LOG"))
 	{
 		static int s_n = 0;
+		static Scalar s_elapsed = 0.0f;
+		s_elapsed += time_slice;			// wall clock since the sim started
 		if ((s_n++ % 120) == 0)
 		{
 			Scalar sum = termClimb + termKinetic + termAccel;
+			// T and the clock: how long does seek 4 actually take to cook the
+			// myomers?  (#96 -- the players' claim is "under a minute".)
+			DEBUG_STREAM << "[myotemp] t=" << s_elapsed
+				<< " T=" << currentTemperature
+				<< " degradeT=" << degradationTemperature
+				<< " failT=" << failureTemperature << "\n" << std::flush;
 			DEBUG_STREAM << "[myoheat] v=" << velMag << " a=" << accMag
 				<< " m=" << mass << " g=" << gravity
 				<< " ratio=" << ratio << " dmgGain=" << damageGain