Actually it's a response to EPA mandates.
Klaus
Rader wrote:
> Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> > As engines get smaller and more high tech, the old "no replacement for
> > displacement" saying rears its head. Sure, a small displacement, high
> > tech engine can be made to output tremendous amounts of horsepower, but
> > it costs a heck of a lot more than the same HP output on a larger
> > displacement motor.
>
> And is quite often less reliable. More power + less displacement =
> more stress ==> more things to go wrong down the road. Not to mention
> increased complexity.
>
> Yeah, I like the newfangled 100K mile service intervals as much as
> the next lazy slob, but that is less a function of engine technology
> than oil, coolant, and ignition technology.
>
> Ron
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