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Originally Posted by GregWeld
 Totally!!
I can't shut up either -- and type pretty fast too... sometimes - more often than not - faster than my brain works.
This post sounded like a young gun - that might need a bit more 'info' and food for thought than just the intial question. I think many of us 'been there done that' types take some of this stuff for granted. We alreay know what a big azz cam does/doesn't do... like the old 750 cfm holley on a 265... back in high school... the guy with the stock factory motor - that knew what a timing curve was - always kicked our butts! All he did was re-curve his distributor - while we drowned ourselves in FAT A/F ratios...
I still love the guys that do a big bumpstick in a 9:1 motor -- and can't figure out why it's just a big lumpy TURD... and when I ask them what their cylinder pressure is - they quote the static compression ratio... If they're nice -- I have them come to my house and we do a cylinder pressure check - then I explain cylinder pressure - valve overlap - right sizing a cam to match the heads - and that the 1050 holley they're running isn't helping them either! Oh - and don't get me started on the guys that stick in a brand new MSD distributor - and leave the garage door springs it came with, on it... and the stock stop bushing... Oh god... I chuckle at that one everytime. |
not everyone has been there and done it and not everone is a know it all..