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Re: to buy or not to buy??????

To: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>, <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: to buy or not to buy??????
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:17:00 -0500
Depends on what it is Scott....  I'd rather have a set of Used Carrillo rods
then a brand new set of eagles....( not that they are bad...they just aren't
as good )

Quality lasts the lifetime of the component...

Money saved never outweighs the quality over time... or at least that's the
way it's been in my life...   So I'm not afraid of used.... but it's going
to be the best part going...

K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>
To: <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: to buy or not to buy??????


>    My 440 has lost oil pressure after breaking in my new camshaft, I'm not
> sure why yet but I'll know by tonight but this whole episode has got me
> thinking. I'm approaching 180mph at maxton(179 last year) and my main
> concern is safety and I'm not sure I should be pushing a 31 year old
engine
> with a 31 year old crank and 31 year old harmonic balancer as hard as I
do.
> I don't want to blow the engine up but hey that is part of racing, but I'm
> more concerned with breaking a crank etc and having a horrendous crash or
at
> least oiling down the track-wouldn't that make me a hit with everyone. So
> the question is - do most of you who are running at or above 180mph use
> strictly new parts or am I being too paranoid ( Canadian genetic default)
> ????                   Scott

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