I want to ask if anyone knows. I am wondering if wear and tear on the engine at a certain RPM increases linearly or exponentially with RPMs. For example will driving at 4000 RPM wear the engine out twice as fast as driving at 2000 RPM or will the extra heat and other forces be such that it wears out MORE than twice as quickly at 4000.
The reason I ask is that if I put my foot down a little bit, sometimes if I have certain passengers they will (semi jokingly) say dont blow your head gasket or careful not to kill the engine as if the risk of damage is significantly higher or even imminent or 5, 10, 20, 100 times as quickly etc...
My response (as a mathematician but a very inexperienced driver, it has to be said!) is if a certain component has say 50 million revs left before it dies, driving constantaly at twice the RPMs (theoretically) will simply make the failure come twice as quickly as opposed to making it imminent
Am I right or are there other factors? Any engineers who can shed some light??
Thanks!
The reason I ask is that if I put my foot down a little bit, sometimes if I have certain passengers they will (semi jokingly) say dont blow your head gasket or careful not to kill the engine as if the risk of damage is significantly higher or even imminent or 5, 10, 20, 100 times as quickly etc...
My response (as a mathematician but a very inexperienced driver, it has to be said!) is if a certain component has say 50 million revs left before it dies, driving constantaly at twice the RPMs (theoretically) will simply make the failure come twice as quickly as opposed to making it imminent
Am I right or are there other factors? Any engineers who can shed some light??
Thanks!