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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: LiarBoy Alan Baker
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 08:29:48 -0700
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On 2025-05-12 07:23, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 4/16/2025 5:05 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-04-16 13:55, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 4/16/2025 1:45 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2025-04-16 08:36, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>> On 4/1/2025 6:33 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-04-01 15:19, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/26/2025 3:51 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2025-03-26 09:32, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Since he bought another race car in 2018 liarboy Baker has 
>>>>>>>>> insisted the Honda engine that came with it was not an 
>>>>>>>>> advantage on the track. Here is what he stated at the time, see 
>>>>>>>>> the 3rd entry in the conversation:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/c/ 
>>>>>>>>> rWCHEEjs1as/ m/ ecytpx1dBgAJ
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "I've known I wanted a Honda-engined
>>>>>>>>> Formula F since I started having to keep a Kent in tune. For a 
>>>>>>>>> club
>>>>>>>>> racer, the convenience of an engine with electronic ignition (no
>>>>>>>>> ignition timing to adjust), electronic fuel injection (no 
>>>>>>>>> carburetor
>>>>>>>>> jetting to change with changing conditions) and an alternator 
>>>>>>>>> to keep
>>>>>>>>> the battery charged (no need to charge the battery like the 
>>>>>>>>> total loss
>>>>>>>>> Kent-engined cars) is worth a lot. Not to mention that an 
>>>>>>>>> engine running
>>>>>>>>> with a restrictor and therefore operating at less than the 
>>>>>>>>> stresses it
>>>>>>>>> was designed for."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So he states that the Honda, with its restrictor plate and 
>>>>>>>>> modern fuel injected and engine control unit that tunes the 
>>>>>>>>> engine all by itself is not an advantage?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How many drivers have the resources or skills to tune a Ford 
>>>>>>>>> Kent engine's timing and carb jets for every race to bring out 
>>>>>>>>> its full power potential? Also, over the long term Alan admits 
>>>>>>>>> that the Kent is stressed by having to produce more power than 
>>>>>>>>> it was designed for. How does that affect power over a season 
>>>>>>>>> of racing? Can't be good.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anyway, despite the new car with what Alan admits is a better 
>>>>>>>>> engine that he says he wanted has over the last few years 
>>>>>>>>> almost entirely dropped out of Formula F racing at his home 
>>>>>>>>> track. Last year he showed up only for the 4th race, had a bit 
>>>>>>>>> of an accident, and never returned.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now we come to the 2015 season that starts next month. Will 
>>>>>>>>> liarboy show up or not? You too can find out at https:// 
>>>>>>>>> www.sccbc.net/ racers/ results/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll certainly be tuning in come April 26! Join me and watch 
>>>>>>>>> the mayhem.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lying ass:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I never once said there weren't advantages to choosing a Honda 
>>>>>>>> over a Kent. In fact, I explained all of that to you when you 
>>>>>>>> didn't understand it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What YOU claimed was that the Honda was FASTER ON THE TRACK, and 
>>>>>>>> that part is what is bullshit.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you need me to go through all the quotes...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ...again?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's faster on the track because the Kents are not always in top 
>>>>>>> tune while the Honda takes almost no maintenance. That is implied 
>>>>>>> by what you said. You bought it hoping to win more races. Admit 
>>>>>>> that please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your claim was that it was faster like-for-like, Liarboy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I said: do you want me to show you the quotes?
>>>>>
>>>>> No need to show the quotes. Admit it Alan, a Kent engine requires 
>>>>> significant investment in time and money to compete and win races. 
>>>>> You stated that Doug won so much because he had the resources to 
>>>>> employ an excellent shop to tune his car. And you were very close 
>>>>> to him in a lot of races without that expense, and even on marginal 
>>>>> tires at times. But how many of the other SCCBC FF crowd are able 
>>>>> to maintain their Kent engines at Doug's level? The Kent on-track 
>>>>> speeds are theoretically as good as a Honda, but only if the Kent 
>>>>> is in top form.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are reasons why there are so few Kents at the Runoffs. The 
>>>>> Kent is a better engine. Oh, I learned that from you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Speaking of SCCBC, I just looked at the recent meeting minutes. 
>>>>> Proposing a building new track 3 hours away? Raising entry fees 30% 
>>>>> was proposed just to breakven? Driver training entries so low that 
>>>>> you may want to add practice laps to the schedule? Concerns about 
>>>>> 2024 drop in race entries? Hmmm. Trouble in paradise?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wow.
>>>>
>>>> I've got myself a real live stalker!
>>>
>>> OMG, what a deflection! Someone following a race course news is now a 
>>> stalker? Alan, you give egomania a new definition.
>>
>> You mean someone with absolutely no interest in racing at all 
>> following the news for a small amateur racing club in a jurisdiction a 
>> thousand miles away in another country...
>>
>> ...right?
>>
> 
> Just interested in seeing how many lies and deflections I can get out of 
> you tell.
> 
> 

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