Wytchdctr
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- Doug P.
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You are going to wear things out faster in an engine running higher rpms (unless you are so low you're lugging then you are going to cause other issues); no oil change in the world will take away the extra inertial load that the pistons see when going to top and bottom dead center and having to stop - then head the other direction more often. That said; better metal and manufacturing should help with that vs engines of old.
Steep enough to overheat the brakes; I would 10000% use the engine and to hell with the extra "wear". Live near the Texas coast when the biggest hill is an overpass..... brakes are cheap.
All that said; I don't remember the last time I've seen a modern engine lose its bottom end or spin a bearing unless it ran out of oil, sucked in water, or had some extra power added well over stock. So how much extra wear are those few rpm?
Don't listen to me.. I am grilling and nearly a six-pack in. Hooray spell check!
Steep enough to overheat the brakes; I would 10000% use the engine and to hell with the extra "wear". Live near the Texas coast when the biggest hill is an overpass..... brakes are cheap.
All that said; I don't remember the last time I've seen a modern engine lose its bottom end or spin a bearing unless it ran out of oil, sucked in water, or had some extra power added well over stock. So how much extra wear are those few rpm?
Don't listen to me.. I am grilling and nearly a six-pack in. Hooray spell check!
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