Thread: i dont get it

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I'm not going to defend Dave's remarks, he's very capable of doing that for himself.

What I will do is give my observation of how the thread went. Based on this thread I don't imagine you'll like what I say because it's not what you want to hear. You'll probably like Don's answer above, because based your comments in the other thread, he told you what you want to hear. Also, you should be happy with Pat's remarks for the same reason.

You started out asking why the 1987 cutoff for application. Mike answered correctly; different mounting on the heads. Then, wishing to be helpful, a couple folks passed on that tunnel ram manifolds are not intended for cruising, a criteria you specified in your first inquiry, they are designed for high rpm performance use, not stop and go. Here's the part you won't like. Your reply back had the tone of being argumentative. That tone will often get you a "then why did you ask?", or some variant, type reply. It doesn't matter if that's what you intended, it's how it came across in the way you wrote it. Just like this thread. You start with a thumbs down, and the IMPRESSION (again maybe not what you intend, but what comes across to an average reader) it that you feel you've somehow been selected against because the answer to chevy 37 was different. Fact is, he wasn't asking about a tunnel ram style manifold.............which makes a LOT of difference.

Just to put a finer point on the importance of how what you write comes across. Had you continued on your original thread with a statement something like "I'm confused, you guys said it would work for chevy 37 on his dual quad, but are trying to talk me out of this one. Why?" You then probably would have gotten some more thorough replies that could have made it clearer to you the differences in the two applications. You would have demonstrated a desire to better understand the subject rather than appear to be in the position of telling people who's opinion you asked that you don't believe them. Again, you may not think that's what you were doing, but that's how it comes across. All we know you by is what you say, and how you say it.

EDITED ADDITION: I see you verified my guess while I was typing the above remarks. I also realized that I didn't understand your a--whole comment in the first post here. Calling someone a name like that, even though you misspelled the part not blanked, will not win you any respect either.