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Originally Posted by lovehamr
Really, I take it that 6hp # is from your extensive testing? The guys doing actual testing in say "Engine Masters" competition, or NASCAR, or Trans Am, or any number of actual professionals, might have evidence to counter that sophomoric supposition.
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I can see now that 'lovehamr' refers to your head.
One of the biggest mistakes posters on forums can make when they want to denigrate someone is to underestimate what they know and what they've done. No armchair internet genius posts from me.
Your quote above describes my previous job description almost precisely. I was marketing coordinator between World Castings and PHR during the years the EM Challenge was held in NY. I wrote and photoed
all the coverage and specs for World after interviewing all competitors each year. I learned tech from: Kaase, Ron Shaver, Bob Lathrop, Barry R., Tony Bischoff, Jud Massengil, Jim Dove and Mark McKeown-among others. I witnessed and recorded every World crate engine combo R&D dyno- tested, and put the specs and my photos in our two catalogs and both websites.
Before doing that I was Purchasing mgr. and bought every part in inventory for all our engine combinations (56, at one time). This included carb spacers from Wilson Manifolds, Brzezinski,HVH and Hogan Manifolds. K&N filters too. They were tested relentlessly, 1", 2", inverted, 4 hole and open type and all materials. On engines from 500 to 1187HP. We saw max gains of 18HP on our 13.5 cr drag builds and always went back to the mfgr. with our input. That's a
hundredth at the strip. And virtually all came on at 6500 and up. Using intakes from Hogan, Ede and our own. Can you expert jockeys feel that on the street with your Fisher-Price combinations??
We saw which lost power too-and many did. All this was after carefully tailoring jetting, cylinder head, intake and climate conditions. The under 650HP, 91 oct. combos showed gains and losses like I posted above.
So why should Frigo's brainstorm be worth the effort? I offered the open top so he wouldn't
hurt his power as much as he obviously tried. But I didn't know it was against his discerning standards of aesthetics. High-chair spacer must look way cool in the supermarket parking lot to the rest of the vehicular pundits. You may not like the way I said it but I DID try to salvage a dumb move on your part Frigo.
Now you two tell me your professional experience that lets you throw snot all over me on this subject.
Done with both of you ass clowns. Frigo-I should have known about you when I saw your sig in crayons and big letters. Both of you feel free to ignore anything I write.
Chas, I think you should tell both Jeff and LH that you're sorry and that you promise not to do it again.
Most of us just think of him as that crazy relative that you have to keep upstairs in the locked bedroom. Sometimes he gets out, but most of the time we just keep him locked up. Now if he would just go back on his meds everything would go back to normal. 
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