Drag racing times

[Bernard Littau]

Hi Taka,

Hey, no disrespect intended to Mark.

This has got to be another one of those that don't do well in email but are
just fine in person.  I seem to have trouble with that, but I digress :-)

You claimed an 11 second S4tt couldn't be had for $30k of effort.

I took everything I knew about cars, Javad, life, the universe, and put it
through the Bernard filter and came up with that you were incorrect about a
$30k 11 second S4tt being possible.

Perhaps Mark spent $90k.  I bet not all of that went to making a one off 11
second S4tt.  In any case, it did not weigh into my assessment.

There is a huge difference between someone building a car that can do 11
seconds, and building a product that someone else can install into their car
that will make it do 11 seconds.  I think that is the difference between
Javad and Mark.

Perhaps it was the quote about engineers that you found offending to Mark --
I can see where it could be taken that way.  That's not how I meant it.
Javad has done some very good engineering to attain what he has in his 80tq.
My point was that good sound engineering can make things happen for a lot
less than most people (perhaps Taka :-) might expect.  In the end I guess I
owe you an apology, although I didn't mean to imply fool in any way.  It's
just a quote.

Best,

Bernard Littau
Woodinville, WA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TM [mailto:t44tq at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:24 PM
> To: 'Bernard Littau'; JShadzi at aol.com; ti at amb.org; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: Drag racing times
>
> Bernard-
> No disrespect intended, but you know nothing of Mark and his efforts
> to make a statement like that. He's one of the reasons why AWE has
> some of the products they sell now. Belittling someone's efforts without
> even knowing the person and the events that preceded his accomplishments
> is not cool.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernard Littau [mailto:bernardl at acumenassociates.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:19 PM
> To: 'TM'; JShadzi at aol.com; ti at amb.org; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: Drag racing times
>
>
> I don't know about that Taka, I'd be willing to bet Javad could do an 11
> second S4tt for $30k not including the price of the car.
>
> As far as I know, there is nothing "special" about Javad's car or what
> he did.  And that is a very good thing -- there is no magic:  mostly off
> the shelf stuff, some carefully considered fabrication, the use of facts
> instead of hearsay, and dogged attention to detail.
>
> I would have to guess that Javad's biggest limitation to even more
> stunning drag times is that it's not a dedicated drag car.
>
> "An engineer is someone who can do for $1 what any fool can do for $2"
>
> Best,
>
> Bernard Littau
> Woodinville, WA