While discussing engine maintenance schedules with someone via e-mail I remembered this article written a few years ago by NHRA Pro Stock engine builder Warren (The Professor) Johnson. It reminded me how easy we have it, in the BIG scheme of things.
from Speed Reading by Warren Johnson
Before we closed the books on 1998, I tabulated what it took to win the Winston championship. We went through 54 drums of VP racing gasoline (2,970 gallons), 176 Goodyear rear tires, 648 titanium valve springs (at a cost of $72,090) , 2,000 ACDelco spark plugs, and 2,200 quarts of oil. The team was on the road for 120 days, and the transporter traveled 70,000 miles. When I consider that all of these resources and effort produced 68 quarter-mile runs in national event competition that totaled 477.363 seconds of track time, I have to question the underlying logic of my chosen profession. But what else could a person possibly do to have so much fun?
SEE, the life of your CRF450 piston might seem short compared to an XR400, but in the BIG scheme we have it comparatively easy. :thumb:
from Speed Reading by Warren Johnson
Before we closed the books on 1998, I tabulated what it took to win the Winston championship. We went through 54 drums of VP racing gasoline (2,970 gallons), 176 Goodyear rear tires, 648 titanium valve springs (at a cost of $72,090) , 2,000 ACDelco spark plugs, and 2,200 quarts of oil. The team was on the road for 120 days, and the transporter traveled 70,000 miles. When I consider that all of these resources and effort produced 68 quarter-mile runs in national event competition that totaled 477.363 seconds of track time, I have to question the underlying logic of my chosen profession. But what else could a person possibly do to have so much fun?
SEE, the life of your CRF450 piston might seem short compared to an XR400, but in the BIG scheme we have it comparatively easy. :thumb: