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I should have known I was bringing a knife to a gunfight. Reminds me of a t-shirt my brother bought when he was 12 and was able to wear it for about 1 hour until mom saw it....."Injection is nice but I'd rather be blown!"

Not one of my brother's stellar moments in life.
I'd be all puffed up if I had been able to keep that motor alive. Darned thing made me real humble after I had destroyed a stock block, a donovan block, two cranks, three sets of pistons, two sets of spensive rods, etc. all in 6 events.
And I knew what I was doing!
I learned that pushing it harder than everyone else was not the way to beat them.
that boat taught me more about being a good engineer than any class I ever took.

Mandatory pic, My brother's plane:
Old 07-26-2010, 11:35 PM
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