Anonymous
01-25-2003, 04:49 PM
I would offer some thoughts on the titled topics:
Approaches to Performance:
I think that many of the "disagreements" that occur on the 'board are due to the different Approaches to Performance that the participants are following.
I would suggest that there are four main categories of Approach (with the boundaries being blurred at will by each and every person):
1)....the Daily Driver With Some Ooomph...(the Walter Mitty Special)...cars with some mods to enhance performance for more power, better handling, etc.....more fun to drive in the daily grind...
2)....Agent 004: The Bondo Syndrome....(the name is Bondo, James Bondo)....cars modded mild to wild to make the getting from point A to point B more fun or important than why they are going to point B....
3).....Street/Strip, or The Weekend Warrior....(Bullitt; the Bandit)....cars modded to be daily driven, yet competitive at the stoplight grand prixs or on the dragstrip...
4)....The Racer....(insert favorite racecar driver name here)....a car set up for Competition.....with all the rules etc to follow for the class or group....
What is "best" for one of these Approaches may or may not be "best" for use in the other Approaches.....which underlies many of the conflicts that occur here. An excellent example of this false conflict is the recent topic on cam comparisons.
What is "best" is both subjective and objective. Too often, people want a "magic pill"....that one thing-to-do or part-to-bolt-on that will be the do-all and end-all.....there ain't no such thing.....some mod may work great for a Daily Driver, but Agent 004 would find it totally useless, and with good reason....And a lot of The Racer stuff is less than beneficial for the Daily Driver.....
If we were to keep these different Approaches to Performance in mind more, there would be less disagreement and confusion. In fact, more info like what was presented in the cam comparison topics would be forth-coming....evaluations of what works/personal experiences with/results derived from the using of different pieces/parts/mods for their Approach....
I would suggest a further delineation of performance forum categories......or an improved way of archiving the articles/posts....
Some sub-categories for archival organization would be to classify topics in mechanical, fuel, exhaust, drivetrain.....this would make it easier to review prior posts to reduce redundancy and rehash......
I enjoy the potpourri of the main performance forum.....but if, after a few days, a posted topic/replies were to be moved into its sub-category, that would enhance review of a topic to see the latest info/discussions on a particular subject by then searching that sub-category....
Approaches to Performance:
I think that many of the "disagreements" that occur on the 'board are due to the different Approaches to Performance that the participants are following.
I would suggest that there are four main categories of Approach (with the boundaries being blurred at will by each and every person):
1)....the Daily Driver With Some Ooomph...(the Walter Mitty Special)...cars with some mods to enhance performance for more power, better handling, etc.....more fun to drive in the daily grind...
2)....Agent 004: The Bondo Syndrome....(the name is Bondo, James Bondo)....cars modded mild to wild to make the getting from point A to point B more fun or important than why they are going to point B....
3).....Street/Strip, or The Weekend Warrior....(Bullitt; the Bandit)....cars modded to be daily driven, yet competitive at the stoplight grand prixs or on the dragstrip...
4)....The Racer....(insert favorite racecar driver name here)....a car set up for Competition.....with all the rules etc to follow for the class or group....
What is "best" for one of these Approaches may or may not be "best" for use in the other Approaches.....which underlies many of the conflicts that occur here. An excellent example of this false conflict is the recent topic on cam comparisons.
What is "best" is both subjective and objective. Too often, people want a "magic pill"....that one thing-to-do or part-to-bolt-on that will be the do-all and end-all.....there ain't no such thing.....some mod may work great for a Daily Driver, but Agent 004 would find it totally useless, and with good reason....And a lot of The Racer stuff is less than beneficial for the Daily Driver.....
If we were to keep these different Approaches to Performance in mind more, there would be less disagreement and confusion. In fact, more info like what was presented in the cam comparison topics would be forth-coming....evaluations of what works/personal experiences with/results derived from the using of different pieces/parts/mods for their Approach....
I would suggest a further delineation of performance forum categories......or an improved way of archiving the articles/posts....
Some sub-categories for archival organization would be to classify topics in mechanical, fuel, exhaust, drivetrain.....this would make it easier to review prior posts to reduce redundancy and rehash......
I enjoy the potpourri of the main performance forum.....but if, after a few days, a posted topic/replies were to be moved into its sub-category, that would enhance review of a topic to see the latest info/discussions on a particular subject by then searching that sub-category....