Quote:
Originally Posted by Chevyland
What's up special-k
What I was saying. Was
There was a difference of about 200k of reliable driving time
Between our small block engines
And
The Ls engines of today
Typically around 100k or so, before a rebuild (70's)
Vs
300k many times on modern engines (2000's)
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apples and oranges
the machining process's were/are different
fi vs carbs
the lubes used or unavailable then vs the lubes used and avilable now
and a comparrison simply based on the milage achieved then vs now is not entirely accurate
my company had early 70'strucks that burned propane. these trucks regularly got upwards of 300k miles on them. many volvo's and mecedese benze's got easily close to 300k miles on them. no. not diesles either.
I understand what your point is but milage alone is not the only factor that differentiates real engines from that 'other' type. many variables, variables not differences.
FI does help atomise todays fuel that carbs seem to have difficulty atomising.