Posted by Schiffner on July 9, 2009, 11:50 pm
> > Beav wrote:
> >> I can't remember the last time I used a plug with a single electrode.
> >> Mostly I use plugs with three or I go the whole hog and use iridiums.
> >> Mind you, I don't tune drag racing engines, but I doubt they'd index
> >> the electrode to overcome a fuelling problem.
> > I also doubt anyone who is knowledgeable about tuning would index a
> > spark plug to overcome a fueling problem. That is not to say that
> > there isn't a very small benefit to indexing plugs. Drag racing is
> > all about adding up a whole lot of infinitesimally small things in
> > order to have a slight but significant advantage over the opposition
> > which results in a win.
> > My main point was simply that indexing plugs is something that people
> > have done in the past and may as far as I know, still do in some drag
> > racing classes, and not just something that Krusty made up.
> If you want I will post the Jegs catalog number for indexing spark
> plug washers. It is as common as can be in drag racing. KB
Drag racing? Is that were guys and gals dress in drag and race?
Who gives a damn about morons that tear up motors in less than 15sec
runs???? It baffels me that people find it facinating.
Posted by Sean_Q_ on July 10, 2009, 3:19 am
Schiffner wrote:
> Who gives a damn about morons that tear up motors in less than 15sec
> runs???? It baffels me that people find it facinating.
If everyone was fascinated by whatever it is that fascinates you,
there'd be long, long lineups in whatever lineups you line up in.
Fortunately,
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
-- _A Child's garden of Verses_ by Robert Louis Stevenson
SQ
Posted by TOG@Toil on July 10, 2009, 8:51 am
> > > Beav wrote:
> > >> I can't remember the last time I used a plug with a single electrode.
> > >> Mostly I use plugs with three or I go the whole hog and use iridiums.
> > >> Mind you, I don't tune drag racing engines, but I doubt they'd index
> > >> the electrode to overcome a fuelling problem.
> > > I also doubt anyone who is knowledgeable about tuning would index a
> > > spark plug to overcome a fueling problem. That is not to say that
> > > there isn't a very small benefit to indexing plugs. Drag racing is
> > > all about adding up a whole lot of infinitesimally small things in
> > > order to have a slight but significant advantage over the opposition
> > > which results in a win.
> > > My main point was simply that indexing plugs is something that people
> > > have done in the past and may as far as I know, still do in some drag
> > > racing classes, and not just something that Krusty made up.
> > If you want I will post the Jegs catalog number for indexing spark
> > plug washers. It is as common as can be in drag racing. KB
> Drag racing? Is that were guys and gals dress in drag and race?
> Who gives a damn about morons that tear up motors in less than 15sec
> runs???? It baffels me that people find it facinating.
I couldn't see the point in drag racing until I went to my first meet,
and then the sheer visceral power of some of the cars and bikes - I
mean it, you could feel your insides shaking - rather changed my mind.
I'm not a fan, by any means, but there are worse ways of spending a
day than at a drag strip.
Now, trials - there's something I've never 'got', but then again, I've
never witnessed a trials event.
Posted by Sean_Q_ on July 10, 2009, 11:20 am
TOG@Toil wrote:
> Now, trials - there's something I've never 'got', but then again, I've
> never witnessed a trials event.
It's something like watching a combination of acrobatics and ballet...
worth seeing at least once if you appreciate extreme skill, balance,
problem solving, suspense and terrain you wouldn't think any bike
could negotiate.
In fact if there's ever a racing version they'd have to use
a live mountain goat instead of a mechanical rabbit for pacing.
SQ
Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BF?= on July 10, 2009, 11:47 am
> It's something like watching a combination of acrobatics and ballet...
> worth seeing at least once if you appreciate extreme skill, balance,
> problem solving, suspense and terrain you wouldn't think any bike
> could negotiate.
There is also four-wheeled trials for specially-built cars in England.
It's like the rock crawling done in the western USA by Jeeps and 4WD
trucks.
I don't think they have any rocks in England, though. They were all
used to build
Stonehenge...
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> >> I can't remember the last time I used a plug with a single electrode.
> >> Mostly I use plugs with three or I go the whole hog and use iridiums.
> >> Mind you, I don't tune drag racing engines, but I doubt they'd index
> >> the electrode to overcome a fuelling problem.
> > I also doubt anyone who is knowledgeable about tuning would index a
> > spark plug to overcome a fueling problem. That is not to say that
> > there isn't a very small benefit to indexing plugs. Drag racing is
> > all about adding up a whole lot of infinitesimally small things in
> > order to have a slight but significant advantage over the opposition
> > which results in a win.
> > My main point was simply that indexing plugs is something that people
> > have done in the past and may as far as I know, still do in some drag
> > racing classes, and not just something that Krusty made up.
> If you want I will post the Jegs catalog number for indexing spark
> plug washers. It is as common as can be in drag racing. KB