Comment Re:Tradeoffs is in life. (Score 1) 838
Just one additional thing to add, which many /. readers will find fascinating.
In the 1980s, BMW (and everyone else) was using turbo-charged engines in their Formula One cars. For those who are not familiar with it, F1 is the be-all and end-all of racing technology. BMW's engines were making around 1500HP (out of only 1.5liters) in qualifying trim. That's pretty impressive, but do you know what is even more impressive? The engine blocks that BMW was using were taken directly off the production line and were used, unmodifed. Equipped in a production car, those engines using those blocks were producing under 100HP.
So, let's take your life equation and apply it to this. With a 1400% increase in output, that would mean the expected engine life is (1/15)^3, or .02% of the "sissy version's" life. As the record shows, the engines lasted a heck of a lot longer than that.
In the 1980s, BMW (and everyone else) was using turbo-charged engines in their Formula One cars. For those who are not familiar with it, F1 is the be-all and end-all of racing technology. BMW's engines were making around 1500HP (out of only 1.5liters) in qualifying trim. That's pretty impressive, but do you know what is even more impressive? The engine blocks that BMW was using were taken directly off the production line and were used, unmodifed. Equipped in a production car, those engines using those blocks were producing under 100HP.
So, let's take your life equation and apply it to this. With a 1400% increase in output, that would mean the expected engine life is (1/15)^3, or
