Performance cars reliability

[obi_waynne]

Are performance cars more or less reliable?

Does the tuning enhance the stability and longevity of the engine or does it cause it to deteriorate? Are they driven harder or do you think that they are driven less hard because they deliver effortless performance?

 

[Fnorpan]

With me as a driver you can expect deterioration Love to push the cars to the max! :embarrest:

 

[T9 man]

I think performance cars in general are much more reliable than say 10 years ago! So much more is now factored into the engineering designs of individual components, and everything seems to work in harmony together.

 

[SLEEPER]

You dont tune a car so you can go the same speed with less effort (well I dont)

 

[carnutter]

I'm guessing more deterioration.

High performance cars typically rev higher and harder (especially NA engines).

The tolerances are finer.

Many have launch control (not great for the drive train).

Higher levels of power and torque usually also mean more wear and tear on the car, especially if a noob is careless with changing gears or chooses an inappropriate gear for the conditions.

Having said that, there are 50 year old, bald fat cats that take out their Ferraris once every 3 months for the slow drive downb the boulevard, before putting the car back into an air tight, contaminant free bubble back at the mansion.

 

[HDi fun]

Driven and serviced properly a well designed and well built performance car should last very well indeed.

 

[stamford]

Performance cars are at the other end of the daily driver scale in terms of refinement, level of tune and harmonised components. Therefore the owners would tend to cosset them more and have them serviced more often than required. Like any fine swiss timepiece it is how it is looked after determines its longetivity. A cheaper alternative is happy with generic parts to keep it going but will never be seen as a quality piece.

 

[HDi fun]

Performance cars are at the other end of the daily driver scale in terms of refinement, level of tune and harmonised components. Therefore the owners would tend to cosset them more and have them serviced more often than required. Like any fine swiss timepiece it is how it is looked after determines its longetivity. A cheaper alternative is happy with generic parts to keep it going but will never be seen as a quality piece.

Refinement can contribute to longevity, less vibration to damage drivetrain and other components.

 

[sportycar]

The engineering has made great strides and performance cars can last a lifetime but would require higher maintenance

 

[obi_waynne]

Time for my 2 cents/penny's worth!

If a performance car is driven the same and maintained like a standard car then reliability should be superior. However if a performance car is driven like it was intended to be driven this can cause faster wear and be potentially unreliable BUT if serviced correctly and allowed the proper warming/cooling cycles I think a performance car should be more reliable.

At the other end of the Spectrum we have Ferraris and Aston Martins etc... These are very specialist cars and need a lot of TLC as the engines are tuned to the maximum potential and can prove to be unreliable compared with a standard car covering the same mileages.

So things like Porsche etc I can see being extremely reliable but it does all depend on how its driven and how its looked after.

 

[SLEEPER]

spot on but what s the point in tuning a car and not using the performance

 

[obi_waynne]

The half you do use is better than it would be if you only used half of the standard power and probably exceeds the other half of standard power.