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Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by joshu on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @10:27PM (#11958488)
The more aggressively tuned an engine is, the less time it runs before it needs a rebuild.
Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by jaytaylor on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @11:44PM (#11958711)
That's a whole other conversation just by itself. There are other factors that may even further reduce an engines life.
Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by dredmorbius on Thursday June 23, 2016 @12:05AM (#11958787)
Such as?
Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by jaytaylor on Thursday June 23, 2016 @09:26AM (#11960663)
Particular driving styles. For example, if you have a boxer engine with a turbo and floor it for the duration of a long banked turn, centrifugal force can prevent the oil from circulating through the engine and it can get damaged.

There are gotcha's like this which complicate the equation.

Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by joshu on Thursday June 23, 2016 @02:34PM (#11963345)
Boxers have oil starvation problems.

I have had two friends kill BRZ engines on track simply by putting slicks on the car...

Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by dsfyu404ed on Thursday June 23, 2016 @08:54AM (#11960498)
operating hours below normal operating temp. That's why cop cars, taxis, industrial engines and other stuff that doesn't get turned off very often frequently lasts well beyond 200k (or the equivalent number of operating hours) wheras something used for a 5min drive to work and back every day will be worn out in much less time.

This is assuming all other variables are consistent. Changing your oil every 10k vs 5k certainly won't help things.

Re:Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber by dredmorbius on Thursday June 23, 2016 @07:00PM (#11964925)
Thanks.