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Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376
I have come to the conclusion that the typical OEM mass produced, union labor assembled typical car engine is the most forgiving invention made by mankind. Almost all of them run quite well, some in the face of incredible abuse, others with almost nonexistant maintenance , and practically none of them are anywhere near right. In considering all of this, they truly are an amazing device!!
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Greg
I totally agree with you on the ability of engines to run under about any circumstance.. But I always wondered how friends could purchase 2 cars just alike and one would always out run, out perform, out gas mileage the other. And after many, many years of disassembling these engines , I finally understand why this can happen. Also I clearly understand now why some racers are always faster than others when both seemingly have identical setups and packages. Attention to detail, attention to stuffing the envelope, and more important than anything, the ability to think out side the box to details. Now I dont want to include the acid porting and those things, but I mean just attention to detail and ability to THINK. Look how long the first roller rocker built by Harland Sharp went until some man by the name of Jenkins figured out it was designed wrong. You know sumtin, even now at his age, he thinks outside the box. I just luv them tenna shoes and plaid pants he wears. Ridicule, no way. Man still exploring the world as he sees it.
Thanks yall for my dissertation.
PS. I would shore like to talk more about learning and thinking
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