[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by jdlmodelt

Thanks Jake, That's interesting how they built the engine around such strange tolerances. How does Subaru get around this with their boxer engines that crank out some incredible HP per displacement? (of course Subies have head gasket issues). How about all those motorcycle engines out there with roller bearings located all over the place in the engine? Or is that just because of how the ball bearings are located and consequent loading in line with the bearing or a thrust loading?

Anyway, I appreciated the experiential response!

Those other engines are not quite so impacted by the accounting department. Suby engines have 2X tighter running clearances than the M96, which is both a pro and a con, because tighter clearances lead to shear faster.

The M96 is the M96 and it isn't anything else. People refuse to listen when I say this, yet I have cars here from 30 states primarily because people treat them like something they are not.