Russ linke

[Drunken DragPak]

Well said Shane,

I apologize if my earlier posts were taken out of context, I built all my family's motors for 3 years before we realized it was a losted cause due to time, power, and longevity.

Some of you have to realize it's not 50-60 years ago when you could work a 40 and have the time to do the r&d to make power gains. While having a house, family, and everything great that comes with it.

If anyone wants to talk more, because I am horrible at this online stuff, feel free to call Portatree and ask for Steve. Or show up at the shop, address on the website.

[Kdw1403]

WOW! My apologies to everyone. I didn’t mean to stir up a hornets nest.As Someone once said “ can’t we all just get along”. Lol. 🤪🤪🤪

[Frank Castros]

Once upon a time we were DQd at the Keystone Nationals for a cam lift violation (really a Rocker Arm issue). It was unintentional and our fault as we thrashed to reassemble the engine to make the event.
It happens. Maybe a great racer like Bubba will respond to the naysayers of this thread.

[Brett C]

That guy always does that **** on this forum! Should be used to it by now.
Shows up randomly and calls out people in the 3rd person and then disappears. No one know who the f it is! Just ignore the idiot!

[davidhuff]

Originally Posted by Brett C

That guy always does that **** on this forum! Should be used to it by now.
Shows up randomly and calls out people in the 3rd person and then disappears. No one know who the f it is! Just ignore the idiot!

I agree 100%

[SBillinson]

This thread needs to die.

The guy had a thin head gasket and got bounced. It's not like he had a super stock engine in the car.

The last I knew, 0.050" decked from a set of small block heads gave you a point of compression. He had less than a third of that, maybe a quarter. Would it make a difference? Maybe, but it's not worth a tenth. Besides, how many heads up runs does anyone see in eliminations? Sure, he was running class, but the guy races a lot. He has no need to cheat, especially at the most obvious place to check..

For those who don't know, he's a good guy and a excellent driver. He comes from a racing family of nice people.

Move on.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by SBillinson

This thread needs to die.

The guy had a thin head gasket and got bounced. It's not like he had a super stock engine in the car.

The last I knew, 0.050" decked from a set of small block heads gave you a point of compression. He had less than a third of that, maybe a quarter. Would it make a difference? Maybe, but it's not worth a tenth. Besides, how many heads up runs does anyone see in eliminations? Sure, he was running class, but the guy races a lot. He has no need to cheat, especially at the most obvious place to check..

For those who don't know, he's a good guy and a excellent driver. He comes from a racing family of nice people.

Move on.

I disagree with just about everything in this one, right from the top.

As I said, I don't know the man. I'm sure he's a great guy to have a beer with after hours..But what does that have to do with the subject matter?
In case some missed it, this car and driver has been involved in several heads up runs in the last few years..Some with great drivers with good engines, that were in contention for National and Divisional championships. He was able to run away from most of them.
Now the driver can say he didn't put those gaskets on the engine, and the engine can say he didn't do it. The fact remains. Someone did it and it's no accident.

I'm really surprised at the nonchalant attitude of some here. This kind of thing would have been looked at quite differently under Farmer, Greg X, and Marty Barrett.

This saga is not going away yet, nor should it.

BTW, S... I think you ought to recheck your math.

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by SBillinson

This thread needs to die.

The guy had a thin head gasket and got bounced. It's not like he had a super stock engine in the car.

The last I knew, 0.050" decked from a set of small block heads gave you a point of compression. He had less than a third of that, maybe a quarter. Would it make a difference? Maybe, but it's not worth a tenth. Besides, how many heads up runs does anyone see in eliminations? Sure, he was running class, but the guy races a lot. He has no need to cheat, especially at the most obvious place to check..

For those who don't know, he's a good guy and a excellent driver. He comes from a racing family of nice people.

Move on.

A 4" diameter hole is 0.205926 cc's per 0.001" of thickness


Stan