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on staying cool - (archive)
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Posted by David on July 16, 2000 at 12:10:15:

In Reply to: hey Mike Z... posted by kwillmorth on July 16, 2000 at 11:42:24:

One of the things that amazes me about this board is how many seemingly angry and/or defensive responses get posted. It's almost "board rage" at times, and it worries me - I hope it's not how the authors respond on road or track! Even when someone's got a lot of good stuff to say (and, as an example, you're clearly a valuable contributor, Kevin) there will ALWAYS be someone who thinks something is wrong. That's OK - I've been wrong many times myself (like when I stupidly assumed Mike Z had stuck the end cap on his SuperTrapp without any discs and that there was enough of a gap to permit him to run it that way).

After 35 years of racing, I can tell you that there are points of view out there you couldn't IMAGINE holding - and sometimes they're not as crazy as they seem to us. I remember helping a competitor set his front end and discovering that he was running toe-IN on the same kind of car I ran with toe-OUT! I once used a long pair of Aeroquip hoses to an external oil cooler on a vintage vee without realizing that the added resistance was cutting my oil pressure because the pump couldn't handle the volume with the increased load. This was so obvious to a competitor that I felt like a 3 year old - I should have realized it. I once forgot a ground strap between the engine block and the frame on a car with electrically isolating engine mounts, so the spark was really weak and it ran like crap. It took me half a season to figure it out.

But the KILLER stupid act was when I couldn't get my Mini to run well at MidOhio (SVRA 1988). A spectator's wife looked at my engine and the obviously upset look on my face and said, "Gee- the wires on my husband's car don't look like that - these two don't make a "X" on his". I'd crossed plug wires 2 and 3 at the distributor without realizing it!

This board has a pretty neat bunch of people on it. I'm hapy to participate - and I hope I add something. I appreciate all the effort that goes into the posts - let's stay cool and we'll all learn from each other.

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