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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN
A lot of the touring drivers cant change a spark plug.
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Heck, I can get one APART!
Now, puttin' it back together might be a different deal.
I'm not fast, but have pulled/installed motors a number of times, etc.
That being said, the conversation is kind of a moot point. Technology has gone past the grassroots hot-rodder for the most part, you're not going to put that genie back in the bottle, and really there's not much reinventing of the wheel left to do. Michael Jordan probably isn't very good at making basketballs, but he can sure shoot one... and you can't buy skill!
My checkbook is awful small (although I've made some strides since the double-digit days of just a few years ago), and rely on folks like Tim Sloan, Scott Macy, Billy Nees, et.al. to do the things that they specialize in. I've done lettering for their cars. Sure, lettering isn't a performance item, but it's something that people pay me to do, because it's something they can't do themselves. There's nothing wrong with that. (Uh, that's kind of how the economy works!)
While I have a tremendous amount of respect for those that can do everything, understand that not everyone can.