rod bolts query

[ChrisBennet]

Originally posted by snowman
Chris,

If you were really racing, as opposed to tracking, you would have experienced the failure in the first or second race, not after a lot of events.

Are you running wheel to wheel? If not you are NOT racing. Racing is a whole bunch of cars all on the same track all starting at the same time and only the first car to cross the finish line after a pre determined time or number of laps is the winner. There are usually a mininum of 20 continuous laps involved. Timed runs are NOT racing. Only in racing do you see your opponent trying to pass you, and you him, and only in the heat of that battle are you really RACING.. and the heat of the battle is very very important, because thats what seperates the men from the boys. Thats when the engine gets a new redline, thats when the brakes get tested at their limit, thats RACING;

Only several HUNDREDS of cycles are required to break a bolt, if you have exceeded its clamping force.

Jack buddy, the point I was trying to make is that the rod bolts don't care how you stretch them - stretched is stretched whether you are racing or just doing Driver Education events.
My intention was to help hcole (and future readers of this thread) to make an informed decision.
-Chris

[galwaytt]

Chris - crumbs - you're up early today........

[ChrisBennet]

Originally posted by galwaytt
Chris - crumbs - you're up early today........

I was tricked. The Mrs got out of bed early so I got up. Then she went back to bed!
-Chris

[snowman]

Racing IS differen't- Nothing to do with which is superior to the other, it is much more likely to wreck your car and or engine.

The difference between racing and tracking is very important when it concerns the health of the engine. The reason is simple the extra impact of the competition causes the drivers to push it just a little to a whole lot more than they would just tracking it. For some reason watching someone pull past you causes one to hang in there for just a few more rpms or whatever and consequently far more engines are over revved and pushed further beyound their ability, damn the cost. Probably closer to the final national championship timed run for the scca but every time the car is driven in a race.

There is also the adrenilin a whole lot of it. I have done a lot of track time and also raced. There is NO comparason in the adrenilin compartment and that drug clouds judgement quite a bit.

Dont't think so? Try it, Vintage racing is "safe". Then tell us what YOU found.

Racing is also HEAVEN on earth. Don't tell the DEA about those endorphins

signed ,

clearly hooked