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Originally Posted by Nmbr1GMfan
Rich, I agree with everything you've said. Why the piston manufacturers have gone to a round wire lock I can't comment on, I just don't know. What I do know is a round wire lock will not work if the piston manufacturer doesn't machine the groove properly. Not sure if the same applies to a spirolox groove or that type of lock is more forgiving to machining discrepancies.
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Unfortunately in this day and age manufacturers have to have something new to help them sell and be different enough to be the latest "new & improved"
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Sometimes change is good if it's made for the right reasons.
Sometimes change is bad if it's made for the wrong reasons.
I have been racing with my partners for 50 years and always on a tight budget. No money makes it difficult to recover from adversity.
We raced what we built. The dollars spent had to produce.
Why would I risk our racing money on a trick of the week.
I know that I will take some heat for this post, but that's OK because I've handled heat my whole life...
As I remember back there was a very well known Junior Stocker guy that had written on his car "Trix are for kids" and it's still true today.