Bob,
Read my quote again.
Obviously, I have experience taking shortcuts. Sometimes they work out,
but more often than not, they don't. If I can take a shortcut on
something that isn't critical, and it works out, yahoo!.
I pick my battles, and if there is something that I absolutely need/want
to work correctly and reliably, then it's worth taking the time and
money to do it right rather than do a 'hack' job. (Murphy's law applies
here)
I've also found in general, it can cost a lot more $$ and time if I end
up having to redo something, than if I just would have spent more time
and a few extra $$ to do it right in the first place.
I don't know about you, but I think it's a lot more fun DRIVING our
cars, than fixing something because I took a shortcut, and didn't do it
right the first time:-)
- Bryan
BTW - I don't know if you were on the list last year, when I talked
about having to 'redo' my engine rebuild. The first time I rebuilt it, I
didn't bore the cylinders since they apeared to be good. I did install
new standard size pistons, since one of my orginals had a hair line
crack. And even though the engine ran well, I had excessive blowby and
low compression on #2. When I pulled the engine to do my 5-speed
conversion I ended up having to rebore .20 over and install all new
pistons (with only 1000 miles on my first rebuild) .I should have done
this in the first time. (live and learn :-)
Wiedemeyer wrote:
>
> You must be the most boring person on the planet!! What would be the point
> to life if you didn't experiment by taking shortcuts?! Although some
> failures might result, some successes would also occur, and these are
> SWEET!......Come out of your cocoon and experience life a little!
>
> Bob
>
> >One thing I have learned over and over again in
> >life, is that if you want something done right, you can't take short
> >cuts, because it always comes back to bite you later.
> >
> > - Bryan Vandiver
> >San jose, CA
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