[GTO Karl]

Goatman:

Your post from 8-27 at 9:53am was all I was asking for.

You gave a thoughtful description of how and why you made the choice of Holley over Qjet.

You communicated your point without the aggressive and negative attitude that I took exception too.

Had you posted this way the first time, we might have had a very thoughtful, insightful, and educational discussion of the possible ways we might have helped 71 T/A.

I did not mean for my friend to jump into this to defend me, or to raise the level of argument. I just wanted you to describe why and how you came to your conclusions, without having to berate others points of view.

Steve, its time to stop. Its getting to personal. I did not want this to be a personal attack on someone we don't know, in any other way, than what we do know. What we know, was how Goatman posts, my attack was pointed directly at his posting style.

Goatman, what set me off was that in your profile you said you were a research scientist. Perhaps you are, I really have no reason to doubt you, except that your posting style will give scientists a bad name. A scientist, would have been trained in critical thinking, and understand the fallacy of using aggressive attacks on a product or person, to take attention away from the real question. This is the same tactic used so often in advertising, and more importantly, in political campaigns.

I'm not saying you did this deliberatly, only that this is the way your posts are coming across to many of us. You have shown yourself to be more than capable of writing posts in a more thoughful manner just today.

If you reread your posts, I hope you can see the difference. If you were to continue to post such as the one I am mentioning, then maybe we could learn something from each other, and help others along the way.

The last couple years, I built my car with a specific purpose, to run mid elevens on pump gas, on my street radials, and behave on the street like a 13 sec car. It has taken alot of testing and tuning to accomplish this task. Although there are literaly thousands of eleven second cars. Very few can do what I do and still run consistent enough to win rounds at the track. But it is not the only car I've owned, built, and raced. Also, I choose to use old parts because I like to do things myself, and I spend more time racing than working, so money is a big issue. I was smart enough when I had a good retail business, to purchase a house(w/enough down for a $405 mortgage payment), valve grinding equipment, a turret lathe, a cnc milling machine, and build a nice shop in my garage. However, I have less than $500 to my name, and that includes retirement. So I can't just throw money at my projects, I have to think them through very carefully, and spend my money wisely, and educate myself thouroughly. A problem, I suspect, shared by many who visit this board.

I propose a truce.

I would like to hear your opinions, and since I did read all your posts, yes I can see how you have indeed posted with the intent to be helpfull. But it has been overshadowed by much of what you have said in other posts.

I believe I have many skills and much knowledge, about topics pertinent to this board, and I enjoy helping people to learn, and to dispell myths and wives tales that so permeate this hobby.

I welcome your input as well, Goatman, just please try and keep it more like the post I have been talking about. Not that its up to me, this is, afterall, your board too.

I apologize for having started this.

Karl