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Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt
Mercedes F1 completely dominated the Formula One championship with innovation for nearly a decade.
Every engine manufacturer from Ferrari, to Renault, to BMW, and Honda all used their "we've done it for years" mentality to simply survive.
Porsche engine builders in many situations are guilty of the same complacency.
Every time someone says "But these guys do it" they ignore the opportunity to achieve an even higher level of excellence.
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Is that directed at me?
The people I know that use 993TT head studs don't use them just because Porsche does. They use the 993TT head studs because they work in their engines when other products did not.
I know they are working quite well in my high compression high output race engine. The 993TT studs were used in my engine because the guy who designed my engine, William Knight, said to use them.
If you don't know by now, I don't just take someone's word for something if I don't understand something. I had been reading for years on here about how terrible Dilavar was as a head stud material. Mostly from you. Pelican is just a microcosm of the Porsche world. So, I decided to do some research to see if William's choice was sound. First, I talked to William about it. Then, I talked with several race engine builders I knew and trusted. To a man, they all said the 993TT head studs were the way to go. No one said I should use Supertec head studs. No one said anything negative about Supertec head studs, but no one mentioned them either.
I am sure that your head studs work great. But that does not mean that the 993TT head studs don't also work great. Your massive bias against dilavar prevents you from having anything close to an open mind on this issue.
The idea that your are Mercedes in your example is hilarious!! If someone wanted a high output race engine built to beat the competition, your name isn't even on the list of builders one would go to....