O, lou, ur right, someone is gonna wax ya if ya keep racin enuff, actually RACING and it won't matter WHAT u have or what yu do to it, thats jus the nature of the beast of racing....
i don't claim to always win, and anyone who does is a liar, u won't always beat the folks ur supposed to beat let alone all those u think u will and i don't mean to imply that spray can overcome that fact....besides, no matter how much spray ya use, ur only goin to achieve at best the max T E P of whatever size engine u have, someone gets in the next lane with as much or more mtr than u and or a supercharger or turbo charger and ur likely to loose regardless of how much spray ya use, the best workin combo in any race ALWAYS win and that combo's most important ingrediants are the operator and the chief wrench.
Best that ya either stick with what ya know or learn all ya can about what ur gonna use.
as i say, i like spray because i can build an engine which is mild and on mtr alone puts out something less than the max T E P then spray out the rest on demand.
My Bmer for instance, the engine i use has a T E P that CAN make for 12-1400 BHP, however, my engines present state isn't goin to contain more than 930 for more than a short while if i hook it solid, the reason is thatv a 930bhp Big Block Buick is gonna make upwards of 1100 lb/ft TQ n thats the limit of the block n crank no matter what ya do em, i could go a bit more if i were to invest in a aftermarket steel crank and an aftermarket block, but that is more expense than i need to expend to achieve my goal with the car, besides 850bhp from a Big Block Buick is bout the limit of what i can put on the ground in my set up so havin more than that is a waste. My engine makes 554bhp@5760RPM n 568 lb/ft TQ @ 3940 RPM on mtr, i spray a total of 300 in 2 stageswhich puts me right on the ragged edge of what i can put on the ground.
In these days of mega HP engines in excess of 1200bhp folk tend to forget that u can go just as quick with a lot less power if ur application is such that u have a perfect or near perfect workin combination. IE: u can put a 10 sec mtr in a 13 sec car n what ya end up with is a 12 sec car, if ur lucky n good....
Also, in this day and age of new fangled trick of the week parts n technology folk tend to to expect that what used to work doesn't work any more, usually the new fangled things don't work any better than did whatever they replaced, they jus work differently and cost more. Witness the fact that folk were makin 10 sec passes with small blocks in 3500+# rides way back in the 60's with flat tappet cams and less than the best heads or other equipment, as a matter of fact the SS/AA record is currently in the mid 8's and those guys have a whole lot of restrictions and rules that masny folk runnin much slower don't have to adhere to....
FOR INSTANCE, u can't use a roller cam unless the engine was available with one from the factory, u can't b more than .030 over and u can't exceed the factory mechanical compression ratio, u can't use spray, or even a supercharger or turbo unless the ride was factory available with one, u gotta use factory offered heads and factory blocks.
Also, mechanical compression is a sure no brainer way to increase TQ and BHP but it is not the only way and in terms of engine life its not even the best way. hgh compression = short engine life.
All that said, u make valid points about what u percieve is best for ur particular combination n use....
Best way to b a successful racer is to, like YOU, no matter what ya may read or hear tell of, DO NOT STOP THINKING for urself, that way no matter how well something u hear about or read works u have a chance to make it work even better.