rancherman - 2/4/2012 10:47
The Pretender - 2/4/2012 10:26
People will always have anecdotal evidence how some big old engine went on and on for x number of thousand service hours and how the new small displacement engine died under warranty. There have always been engine failures and always will be. I find it hard to believe that engine manufacturers have forgotten a century or more of development experience and can't build better engines than they did before.
When was the "golden age" of engine design? What is the optimum output per litre if 40hp/litre is too much?
Depends on who you ask. The company who built it, or the end user. What good is any engine no matter what brand, or power/gallon of fuel, when a buried fuse, module, or computer has you sitting on the end rows....... waiting for a 'TECH' to show up on Monday morning?
Of course, old engines never used to break down...
Engine longevity vs displacement
