but if it's snaping engine bits like toothpicks then they are going to be reletivly easy to replace too chip

they made millions of them V8's of every concevable shape and size so if he's got a 9 litre engine that's still only make shy of 200 brake per litre which is the equivalent to a 400 brake cossie

then again, they make 6000 brake cars that last for 10 seconds so it's not the extreme example of over engineering is it