The Walmart Effect

Today we stand here arguing mine is bigger than yours and has to be better and I have more high price parts thans your so mine must be faster!In the world of HP we are lead to believe that the next thing in the new magazine is the best part for my car.And you know what,some is,but it only gains you little Hp,because you have not done your home work.At the start of being on this site,I stated that if you want to make your car go faster,look at the super stock class that your car is closest too and try to come as close to that as possible.Now alot of understanding has to go along with this,and a huge amount of thinking and creativety to come this level of performance,but it can be done.How many times do you see the 440 car get beat by a seemingly stock 360 and would WHY?If every thing is equal the 440 should win,but does not.The reason,the person behide the building of the car,and the details.Most,but not all people want to just buy of the self parts and go fast and claim victory at the track,when they don,t have a clue what,s going on at all.Performance from a motor,tranny,differential,comes from maching of the parts you have and blueprinting them to the maximume performance they can deliver.You can watch a stock and super stock cars pull off times that are unreal,and make wheels stands a 1/4 of the track,and we stand there with jaws wide open,saying how the hell do they do that.Your best freind in the performance world is not your local High Performance dealer,its your local race engine machinist and the small details they do to make your engine hit that sweet spot where every thing is in perfect tune.To many of us are over cammed,over carbed,parts that are on the car, that should never even seen a 100ft of street use.Too many of us use parts that are the deal of the week,which can be ok,if thats the part to make your combo correct.What good is a intake that can go to 8500rpm,when you never go higher than 6500,more wasted money,and a low performance engine,and this goes for many parts,that actually cause you to loss more than what you gain.The smart person that can sit back listen,ask question on who,what where,why,it is done,and wonders how is it a smaller motor is doing more than a bigger motor,and gets to know how its done is going to be the better person.If you think a engine builder is going to spill his or her guts on their combo to make things run great,your out of your mind.You will get a bit,just to make you want more.If I told you every part in my combo,or even bought you the parts and you did the work,you would still be miles behind me at the track,WHY,because of machining and detail to every little item in the car.How many of us have a library of over 50or 100 or 500 on mopar engines,trannys diffys?How many race manuals?Books on understanding the workings of a motor?How many of us have worked as a crew cheif,raced,and still race and build motors and cars for people to make others have a blast at the track with little cost and long lasting.The biggest thing to get through most peoples heads is you do not need mega dollar parts,to go fast,most of what you need is in your driveway and is just waiting for you to find it and machine it.Mrmopartech