Sneaky Pete,
Was pondering this and frankly Hillary has short circuited again and has broken the rules too. You shouldn't be getting any crap from him as he runs a power additive bandaid for all that compression
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Rules? What rules? Unless, of course, we're talkin' about the Golden Rule.....and here, that would be defined as....He who has the Gold, rules! Speed cost money. A lot of money. And, there's no end to it. Add to that, Engine builders. Every single Engine Builder has his "boy", that gets special attention. They will all argue that statement, but it's the truth. It's been going on for years, and it will never stop. It's just the way it is. The Engine Builders have more at stake, as far as ego's go, than us idiots do. But that's all they have in the game. Their balls ain't as big as ours are, but their brains.....MUCH bigger. They ain't the ones that are taking their lives in their own hands, eveytime we twist that throttle until the Motor chips-out. I'm not insinuating their all out to kill us, 'cause then they would be out of business! What I am insinuating is, we're all a bunch of Horse-Power idiots. It's another addiction that I can add to my list. And like all the rest of 'em, there ain't no cure. I can only put them in remission, through abstinence. And, every single addiction I have wants to kill me, too. Bet that smacked some of you deep thinkers right in the face, didn't it? Gettin' out run don't bother me as much as it used to. Quite frankly, I think a lot different today, than I did back in the day. Like, what if I lose control.....what if some idiot pulls over on me....what if a tire blows....what if this big a$$ed Motor lets loose, and locks up......what if a deer jumps out on me? I never used to consider those things! NEVER! Am I different....do I think different...have I matured, or "grown-up", so to speak, or is it the fact that I've got a lot more to lose than I used to? Am I skeered? For me, it's a combination of all those things. I'm not as skeered of gettin' beat as I used to be. But I'll always try to be in the game. I'll always try to compete. Nobody wins forever. There's always somebody faster. In the Bar scene, there was always somebody tougher. I've got the scars to prove that! So....I guess the moral of this story is.....Ol' Hub would rather play the game and lose, than not be playin' the game at all....as long as I'm able to! One thing's for sure....I've created a lot of business for Engine Builders over the years! There endeth the lesson. Later--HUBBARD