NHRA Levied Actions Against Don Davidson

[Jim Wahl]

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?

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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