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05-21-2005, 03:37 PM

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Originally posted by BigDogRacing

Here's a quick story to prove it- back in the day, some guys I know named David and Jeff used to race elec off road together. Dave ran mod and Jeff ran stock. Jeff would bring his motor to Dave to build, say before the main or the last qual. . Dave would build it and dyno it. Maybe try to do a little tuning as well. More than once, Dave would hand the motor back to Jeff and say something like "man, that motor is o good you could run some old beat down cells and still win." So Jeff would go run and usually win. The funny thing is that most of the time the motor wouldn't be any better after Dave built it than it was before, and a few times it was actually worse (on the dyno), but when Dave told Jeff it was wicked fast and if he couldn't win with that motor then he oughta quit racing, Jeff would drive that bitch like like a man on a mission. But if Dave told him it was just average on power, Jeff would lose the race before the tone ever went off....

I like stories from "back in the day" LOL

... good one Jason

Nothing better that a good ol` Jedi Mind Trick..

... this isn`t the power you are looking for

( insert wave of hand )

-Dave

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