Thread: Pro Stock??
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10-02-2011 06:35 PM #1
I just looked through that article again......nothing revolutionary there. Lots of money spent on pieces and R&D. Cryogenics and heat treating certainly aren't anything new. Big valves and small chambers?? Pat and Jerry have been preaching that to us on CHR for years!!!!! Granted, some very good minds wrenching on Pro Stock engines, but the same is true in all top level motorsports competition.
As Jerry makes apparent with variable cam timing back in '68, nothing is really new....just refinements and tweaking pieces to the absolute max. \
Guess I just don't see anything in Pro Stock engines that is ultra trick or brand new technology.....What I do see is dedicated engine builders with huge budgets that will spend countless hours in the dyno room searching for a few more ponies....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
How did you get hooked on cars?