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Originally Posted by Banana
Meh. RPM is only half of the equation. After all, formula one can go 100K RPM.
However, a 18 wheeler truck engine breezes along under 10,000 RPM (6,000 RPM being the usual, IIRC). As a result, the diesel engine lasts much much longer while formula one engine has to be rebuilt for every race.
I'd rather be driving a cab and scoring some roadkills.  |
Wow! That's a lot of RPM.
My parents VW station car usually trots a long at a leisurely 2-3000 RPM. And the Mercedes GD scout cars we used in the army could run as low as 1000 RPM, very good for sneaking around.
100K RPM?!
No wonder their engines doesn't live longer than they do.