High And Low Displacement Engines

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as much power as a large engine but the engine life would be reduced due to the stress.
The advantage of small displacement engines is that they are fuel efficiency and weigh less than larger engines. The small displacement engine can also be modified to gain more power but the engine life is also reduced. The larger displacement is stronger and it can handle more modification but it still cannot accelerate as fast as a smaller engine and it consumes a larger amount of fuel.
Both low displacement and high displacement engine has its advantages. An analogy that demonstrates this is a long distance runner and a sprinter. When racing a short distance the long distance runner will lose to the sprinter but in a marathon type race, the sprinter will lose. Like engines both type of runners are used for a specific purpose and neither is better than the ...

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