suzuki
Every body has their own beliefs. Some people love "Kool Aid".
Spend your money any way you see fit. I call a lot of the motor add ons Glittering Bull $****, (Monty I do like your Air Cleaners). They are well built and do what they are intended to do, and guys don't have to cut out the whole left side of their hoods like the old air boxs required. I do exhaust and I find exhaust to be a little on the dumb side. I build my own headers, have done so for years, You know what>>> this year everybody's headers are starting to look just like mine, Not because we are fast but because it makes our "Lightning Sprints" look more like a Midget. That don't make any sense to me. I guess we will have to start running our exhaust out both sides of the car so our Sportsman Midget will look more like a Sprint Car.
Of Course our motor has more power than a motor right out of a bike. I think there should be a rule mandating the use of Methanol only. Not because it makes more power but because it is much safer in a race car than gasoline. Another side note methanol is easy to check for oxygenating additives. If you want to spend $20.00 a gallon you can buy pre oxygenated race gasoline that guarantees you an 8% increase in Horsepower. 8% of 200 HP is 16 horsepower just by spending a little extra for your fuel. And the best part is their is no easy way to check to see if it is present in gasoline without taking a 200 level course in Organic Chemistry.
I never hear anybody saying anything about this dirty little secret. I personally don't believe it but facts are facts to some people. Yes we have to install some sort of device to get enough fuel to the engine under race conditions, Black Boxes or flashed computers, some are a little better than others. 101 was designed for people that buy their engines and race cars and not for us poor guys that have to make the best with what we have.
As far as that old right rear it has been proven many years ago it was good for about .2 seconds a lap on a properly set up race car, I sure wish I could do that but the purse does not justify such an expenditure. For what it is worth the tire thing will also work on 305 Sprint Cars and hard tires w/o treatment.
I would also bet that their are guys out their that could spend a couple of hours with your race car and beat your best times by at least .5 seconds.
Honest Dad himself