Picco built a good motor ,,ran them for years and won many races with them. even placed 4th in .60 hydro
oval trials at the 1988 IMPBA internats with what was pretty much a stock motor.
I have won hundreds of heat races by holding back and waiting till all of the "PRO'S "
are either dead in the water or upside down and then finish my 6 laps with my basicly stock motors.
"pretty much a stock motor" "basically stock motors"....... it's either stock or it's not. <_<
"I have won hundreds of heat races by holding back and " ...... hundreds??? <_<
Winning through attrition .... boy now doesn't that sound like fun.
Yup,,hundreds,,,let's do some math,,,40 trophies hang on my wall times 5 heats per trophy and that's just for the races I have placed in,,,been runnin' boats for about 20 years,,run 5-6 boats per event,,,I've won my fair share and believe me not all due to attrition,,,just smart racing.
That's why I love racing with the BIG DOG'S,,,they are usually the first ones upside down or dead in the water before mill time expires,,( then they sweat the rest of the race as thier boat has now become a "turn bouy")
I'll say it again,,heat racing is a numbers game and points are points,,
no matter how you get them,,and the only lap that counts is the last one.
"To finish first,,you must first finish"
And kudo's to the guy's that spend megabucks to go 100+ MPH,,,It's just not my cup of tea,,
I would much rather heat race and set my boats up that way,,I have other way's to satisfy my need for speed,,and it ain't toy boats,,
Stock motors,,
Some people may say that cleaning up the ports,,adjusting the head button etc,sticking in an aftermarket rod may make a motor non-stock,,,I don't think these small clean up procedures and a RPM rod gives you any more power,, just some reliaibility
I think along the lines of riasing the ports,,different head buttons,,shimming the sleve,,modifying the piston and sleve and crank,, blah,blah blah as making a motor non-"stock",,,so take it for what it's worth,,if the timing's are stock" I" would call the motor stock.