Re: NHRA Levied Actions Against Don Davidson
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Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376
It could mean that an optimal engine at room temperature could slip into the realm of illegality when operating temperature at the finish line, or after doing a heat soak in the timeslip, fuel test, and scale line,only to slip back into legality after it resumes room temperature. Also, cooling it off makes it nicer to work on. Anybody want to handle a 180 degree cylinder head?
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Realistically the only consistent way to do it is to check a part at close to ambient temperature. That is the temperature the engine was built at. It would be silly to expect engines to be machined and checked at 180 degrees. Jim
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Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess)
2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion
2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion
1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up
Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association. 
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