anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
Unitronic sure likes to claim that’s the case.
Boost generally doesn’t kill engines stage 2 though. High IAT and or lean mixture do so if you’ve got a sufficient intercooler, good fuel & enough of it to stay off the knock sensors and your golden.
Also, be proactive. If the car runs like shit figure out why rather than letting it blow up. Poor fuel mileage without a good reason like my 8mpg at a track day would be a sign of a bad injector. One massively rich cylinder results in 3 super lean ones and BOOM. Just use common sense and good maintenance practices and you’ll generally make your own good luck.
Apart from manufacturing defects that we as drivers have no control over, your last statement pretty much sums it up, IMHO.