the 1820 was fairly reliable at 1000HP but once it got much past that it was a hand grenade
A reflection on your operating standards or maintenance perhaps. Well used in the military up until quite recently (H-34, S-2 etc - ratings 1,525 HP) and gave trouble free service. Off the top of my head can only remember one precautionary landing and one full blown failure during my time in the service (9 years) - may have been others of course.