Jim

Huh????

Could you send be down some of that stuff, then after giving it suitable time to take effect I'll come up with a response. I sure appreciate you jumping in, you add another dimension to the conversation, by being one of the Montpelier Chain Gang.

A stock 2004 and up gsxr 1000 will run circles around the older oil cooled rigs. That is because Suzuki built the race right into the bike. With high compression pistons, titanium valves, super port work etc.

On the other hand a V6 designed to power a stock type street car is also designed to run 200,000 miles plus on regular gasoline and give no problems. With 9 to 1 pistons we are going to need a little help to get up to speed running on Methanol and without Methanol overheating is going to be a problem. I think stock cams w/o variable cam timing should suffice, however we are thinking about speeds about 2000 RPM's over the stock 7 or 7500 rev limit. The powered rods might have stress problem there also. If the red team wants to go hog wild then let them these little V6 motors in a mild tune will still be cheaper than the new replacement cost of your cycle motor, and the way newer cycle motors are being priced right now, they could be cheaper than one of them also.

I don't see this motor ever racing USAC because they have a different way of looking at things. They like exotic even if exotic is a 50 year old designed motor.

I always thought that the red and blue shows was both the same, just different cities on the schedule>> goes to show you>>> that "a sucker is born every minute".

I do appreciate your input. I was never into singers and bands that much, and I guess I am like that old "Okie" or "Hill Billy" My high of choice was "Jack Black and Coke" and i refrain from that stuff now.

We in the blue camp should try to stand together. Our outlook desires and expected outcome are quite different than those of the red camp. Your and my desires are also possibly quite different I respect you for your views.

In the end we are both looking for an enjoyable pastime and experience without going broke in the process. I like the tinker side Doug like the driver side.

From what I heard they only had 15 cars at Bville for the show so I guess he did pretty good. Wonder why the car count was so low?? I heard it was because TRO was behind on production and a bunch of the teams was behind on their payments.

The secret to the 1000cc mini sprints popularity was and is that they left the factory in an amazing state of tune. Two Hundred Horsepower per Liter is approaching Formula I in proportions of horsepower per Liter, yes and there are still people that want to throw more money into them or think that their competition is doing so. You can't rule out rich, however a Midget at 400 Horsepower is rapidly reaching the point of diminishing returns in terms of tires and usable race track, Big Bville not withstanding and a few big pavement Joints.

What I see is an engine package that could obsolete both old worn out Midget motors and cycle motors alike. They should be cheaper to build even with a few special innards and the maintenance period should be like every couple of years for a freshen up. The other side of the coin is perhaps the high dollar Midget racers might decide to leave the low budget racers alone, choosing not to play with them anymore.

Honest Dad himself