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Originally Posted by fastball
What if high technology increases performance, reliability, and efficiency? Honestly, I don't care what acronym GM comes up with for all the features of the engine so long as it has the power and doesn't break down.
Modern engine design is a far cry from the days of big bores, long strokes, and tri-powered carburators.
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High tech is generally less reliable than low tech. Murphys law says that anything that can go wrong eventually will. So, the more fancy you get the more it will break. Im sorry but thats just the way it works. Also, new ideas are more likely to fail than old ones. It takes time for technology to mature. So it is unlikely that you can get a high tech performer that is extremely reliable. Why? Look at BMW, Mercedes, and Ferrari. If there is something new that is simplier than the old, that changes everything. And if you can get a reliable hightech performer, its likely to cost an arm and a leg. Of performance, relibility, and cost: pick two. You can never get everything
Anyhoo, we've gone off topic with this now.