New performance Slant article in Hot Rod

Killer6 said

Well, one could argue that dropping a stroked SB w/quality pieces and adding a snail to it
would produce waaay more hp/$. So whats the point? Again, you'll find no bigger proponent
of turbos above all else for output combined w/efficiency, than myself. But,I am strictly in the
do it with EFI or don't bother w/it camp, and that road ain't cheap. Just sayin'...

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Well, i understand your friend's displeasure at the circumstances; a piston-failure is never easy-to-take.... but, hot rodding is not an "exact-science" and particularly, with forced induction and, particularly, with slants. Detonation is a strict headmistress, and is exceedingly demanding of tuning issues. If he broke a ring-land, it was likely, due to detonation, whixh can come from several sources. I am playing with fire (literally), attempting to raise my boost-level from 15 to 20 pounds in an effort to pick up a few tenths, but, I know the dangers... and, am willing to take the chance.

My car is JUST a race car though, and is trailered to the strip, so, if it breaks something, I'll just winch it back up on the trailer and haul it home and hope it won't be too-expensive to fix... one more time. :banghead: