Oh I understand all right. I was just surprised the way you phrased your reply is all. Just because you and I are old and want a little more reliability out of the car doesn't mean it isn't alright for someone else to come along and learned from what we have done. Who knows, maybe they will find that extra few horsepower that we never did.
Look, for one reason or another I haven't had the car on a dyno for three years now. Does it drive me crazy sometimes that I don't have a current number? Sure does. But I can't afford to break anything anymore either, so I will have to be content knowing what we've been able to accomplish with these cars and that in some small way we led the way. Would I love to grab a pair of slicks and see just how many tenths I can shave off my last run? Just as badly as when I ran 13.2 and decided that what the hell, how hard could it be to run 12's? lol Wasn't that a learning experience.
You know the history of my car, and some of the boys know it better than I do. But some of the experiments that Dave did to my car I have to think are benefiting others now and I have to be content with the knowledge that he is going to use what we learned to build someone else something quicker and faster. Maybe even more reliable too, who knows.
So I was just surprised with the tone of your post is all. Hell, I've always had the A/C in it, and I finally broke down and replaced the seat covers and yes, even the stereo. Now I am finally trying to learn how to tune the car, since the last couple of problems all seem to have stemmed from a bad tune file. So there is always something to play with if you want to. Of course, I wouldn't mind having a problem free Hellcat too, but that isn't going to happen any time soon. So I take out the SC and look for Hellcats to play with