Group,
I have to side with the techies. I have been in the auto repair business
for 40 years and there is one thing that I know for sure...the engine is
still a air pump with fuel and ignition applied to the mix. Electronics
don't do anything that you can't do manually, it just makes it easier to
get, and maintain, the right combination.
I seriously doubt that records are going to blown away by the new
control technology. If I had my choice, and I guess I do, I would first
spend my money on information gathering, rather than the control,
technology.
Maybe a good example would be to look at McDonald Pitts year. If they
had had a manual set up on the nitrous, rather than a computer, they
possibly would have been the first to top 300 MPH. Their computer failed
to function Speedweek, I'm not sure whether it was working at the Finals
or not.
Tom, Redding CA 2:15 PM PST
dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com wrote:
>
> If the SCTA, USFRA, and ECTA don't pay attention to, and STOP
> electronic "rule stretching" by the "New Tech" boys NOW, LSR as we know it
> will cease to exist because only the filthy rich will be able to race.
>
> not true at all , as it is right now - the rich, hi tech boys race right
> along side the poor old pig farmers on the flats, land speed will not cease
> to exist because you can run a garbage can on wheels if you choose to as
> long as it meets safety requirements - nobody is going to stop people
> running out of date technology out there - they obviously havent yet -
> electronics will become more popular, but nobody will stop you from running
> a plain jane 4 banger single barrell carbed world war 1era flathead if
> thats your bag either , but if youre obsessed with records, face it -
> superior technology will eventually win out if your running out of date
> technology.
> regards
> doug @ black radon engineering
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