Roman,
I mean the engineers have not extraced every once of power out of the engine - like a modern common rail turbo VVT diesel with a large intercooler - giving higher running temperatures, compression ratios and compicated engine management systems
- like the old military Defender 2.5 normally aspirated diesel - or the series 3 2.25 petrol underpowered yes, but very reliable and mechanically understressed - by design.
You could interpret that what I meant was, a more powerful engine will be less stressed under the same load.......
What I meant was that the engine is simple, reliable and will probably run very high KM's with the minimum of maintenance.
...and will be adequate for pottering around South America in a light pick up - though it might 'wheeze' a bit at altitude.
Cheers
Grif
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