[Shotimes] Re: Was ? Now Abuse?

[sho2go]

I think it was my use of the word "abuse" that got some danders up.  To me,
abuse is doing something to machinery, in this case, that it wasn't designed
to take.  And the truth is the Taurus drivetrain was never designed for
dragstrip use.  But don't misunderstand, I don't mean to disparage anyone
who does that.  Their business entirely.  But as Ian said, don't whine when
it breaks.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: "'Ron Porter'" <ronporter@prodigy.net>; "'shotimes'"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:51 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Was ? Now Abuse?


> Ron
> I think the forum has changed a bit. It does have its ups and downs but
> the type of traffic there is little different than what's on here. In
> all honesty, there's a lot of new stuff that's discussed over there that
> isn't ever heard about on the list.
>
> I disagree about your drag racing, auto-x and track work comments. Even
> the Ford shop manual (Helm's) troubleshooting sections include reasons
> for problems including "aggressive driving, abusive handling", etc. To
> some extent I feel that it is possible to drive a car hard without
> abusing it, but auto-x and drag racing don't fit into those categories.
> I've seen differentials, halfshafts, blocking rings, wheel bearings, tie
> rods, clutches, endlinks and much more fail prematurely because of "hard
> driving". I think that we can agree that if you are going to drive hard,
> you should be willing to pay.
>
> Ian