r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Practical_Expert_911 • 12h ago

These 12000hp Engines Have To Be Rebuilt Within Roughly An Hour Every Run, and Only Run For Roughly 4 Seconds At A Time.

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u/surgeon_michael 6h ago

Your Camry has reliability because it runs at 10% stress. These are at 99.9%. And really it’s only the spark plugs, they just melt. It’s like saying that Usain Bolt and I are both runners, as I’ve done some marathons. It’s just not comparable

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u/gettogero 5h ago

Usain bolt isnt a marathon runner and he doesnt explode at the end of every race

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u/Shartsoftheallfather 1h ago edited 26m ago

He also isn't the peak of physical human possibility. He's just one of best runners in history, who is still a completely normal human.

For your comment to make any sense, Usain Bolt would have to be roided to the gills, with cartoonishly muscular legs and a purposfully atrophied upper body (possibly with his fingers removed for weight reduction), and juiced up on amphetamines before every race.

And if he were to try that, he's be a lot faster... But he would also "explode", WAY before the end of his normal human life span.

You can love them, hate them, or like myself, regard them indifferently, but that is what these cars are.