"However I disagree that electronics' is not
expensive, paying you or someone like you and getting
the hardware would stall 90% of the racers."
If Bonneville is about anything, it is about learning
or trying something new. To say that most LSR
competitors are not capable of this is ludicrous! Of
course, we are capable. It has been and will continue
to be a matter of choice. It is desirable to go as
fast as one can for the least amount of money but it
shouldn't be considered nobler than an individual who
takes a different (or more empirical) path. All
armatures can think like the pros, some of them can
even spend like them. To the extent each competitor
choses an approach to this sport is an individual
matter. Would we want it any other way?
John
--- Flowbench@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/29/04 2:49:45 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> ddahlgren@snet.net writes:
> in the bigger picture it does not cost nearly as
> much as everyone pretends compared to the rest of
> the effort.
>
> Dave, I truly don't have a problem with you or
> anyone else using data acq.
> But most Bonneville folks work with cast off engine
> parts to race, including me
> (rods in the #265 car were from a BUSCH
> engine..........I got them and have
> been running them since 1986! They went 300, I can
> go on). We all have different
> ideas on how to go fast. In the long run preparation
> seems to be the best for
> me. However I disagree that electronics' is not
> expensive, paying you or
> someone like you and getting the hardware would
> stall 90% of the racers. As for
> safety, I hope you learn things you can pass on to
> those who don't have your
> skills. And lastly I know how much prize money I've
> made over the years setting
> records, we truly are amateurs.
> Mike
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