The kind you don't easily forget. Notice how well I remember all the details,
even after fifty years!!!
haa haa ha
Dick J
"Albaugh, Neil" wrote:Dick; That was an expen$ive lesson! Regards,
Neil-----Original Message-----
From: Dick J [mailto:lsr_man@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:45 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: lsr list autox
Subject: Fuel and Octane Booster
On one of my other posts, I mentioned my teenage years and outboard racing. I
had been racing in local events for almost three years, and ran a good solid
second all the time. I wanted to beat "Number One" so bad I could taste it.
The old man who sold me my motor, also raced cars. He went into the back of
the shop, and came out with a tin can of "juice". He told me to add about two
capfuls to a tank of gas for the outboard, and it would put me into first
place. Sure enough, I won my first race. For the next race, I wanted to go
even faster, so I added about double of the juice. Man, that motor screamed.
Sounded like a Canadian chain saw on steroids. For the Labor Day finale, I was
going to set the world on fire. I mixed about 1/3 juice to 2/3 gas-oil mix. I
cranked up the motor for the first heat and ran so far out front it was
unbelievable.
THEN. Have you ever heard a motor go from 10,000 RPM to zero in 1/100th of a
second? I don't really know what the motor was turning, but it was kinda like
turning the television "mute" on in the middle of a Formula One race. My motor
stopped so fast, and with such force, that it twisted right off the back of the
boat, taking most of the transom with it. The motor and the hydroplane are
still at the bottom of the lake in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. I had learned my
first lesson on how (not) to use fuel.
Ironically, I'm building my Dodge hemi to run on nitro/alky! But hell, it's
been fifty years, I have learned a little bit, and I can afford to blow it up
if I want to - - - as long as it's the last race I ever want to run. hee hee
hee
Dick J
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