>"Most internal combustion engines are only good for ~200,000 miles"
Interesting and I think that figure is is generally accepted and I believe this is due to shear stress on the engine block no?
I know older cars that came out of Detroit when engine block were cast iron could get up to ~300k miles(the slant 6 comes to mind) but I believe nearly all engine blocks in recent makes are aluminum now.[1] The referenced article says there's parity between now between the two but that doesn't correlate with my own admittedly limited and anecdotal observations.
Interesting and I think that figure is is generally accepted and I believe this is due to shear stress on the engine block no?
I know older cars that came out of Detroit when engine block were cast iron could get up to ~300k miles(the slant 6 comes to mind) but I believe nearly all engine blocks in recent makes are aluminum now.[1] The referenced article says there's parity between now between the two but that doesn't correlate with my own admittedly limited and anecdotal observations.
[1]http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/18/news/hw-37969