Thread: I gotta respect new hot rodders

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I was just browsing the net trying to find out how many knock sensors my 3400 has ( shop says two and i can only find one ) and kept stumbling on some neat sites. I grew up in the last good years of 350 chevys and 351 Fords being a dime a dozen and the worst problem with stuffing 460 in a Pinto was how you were going to hook up the throttle linkage. I was reading how these kids are pulling out 3.1's and putting in 3400's and all the sensor switching, computer reprograming and rewiring they are doing and it dawned on me that it takes much more figuring to make the new cars work. One kid had an old Z-24 that he was getting 14.9@ 95 mph, not bad. I used to think it was just a waste of time messing with those cars but they are just playing with the hand that their dealt with.

I agree. Computers and fuel injection are like speaking Greek to me. Way too many sensors and switches for my liking. When I see these guys on TV plugging a laptop into their cars and adjusting stuff it is like black magic.

If I can't bang on it with a hammer and make it work I don't understand it.

Don

Thanks, most just ignore what comes out of us younger guys

I have made the jump to computer controlled EFI and I love it. So far I have been letting other experts mess with the tuning on my car, but I just got a laptop, so it is only a matter of time before I spring for the tuning software. The principles are still all the same, just with the computer controls you can adjust it so much more effectively. I now have a classic car that will run in the 13s or better at the track, knock down 26 mpg on the highway, idles smoothly all day in traffic, starts instantly and has great drivability. It was a quantum leap for me but I am very happy that I made the effort to do it. It really was not that hard.

For the younger generation, they are growing up with computer chips controlling everything, so accepting cars that do it is perfectly natrural. To quote the Pro Stock Professor Warren Johnson: "You can't even buy a weed eater with a carburetor any more." He was lamenting that NHRA pro stock rules requiring them to run carbs are archaic.

Pat

Originally Posted by Stu Cool

For the younger generation, they are growing up with computer chips controlling everything, so accepting cars that do it is perfectly natrural. To quote the Pro Stock Professor Warren Johnson: "You can't even buy a weed eater with a carburetor any more." He was lamenting that NHRA pro stock rules requiring them to run carbs are archaic.

Pat

Yeah, can you Imagine WJ, with GM tech backing, building an injected 500 cid pro stocker

Hell Pat I can remember you asking me questions about that car computor carp & we both stood there scratching our heads. And just like yourself I let someone who know about this stuff fix it for me, cause I'm lost once I get past changing oil, brakes, belts & where the gas goes in these new cars