Matt,

I am greener than many in the hot rod world but that doesn't mean I want to make you smog your old car. I want to employ modern technology to make MY cars cleaner and more fuel efficient. If you can make more HP on less oil why not? Honda has a new Civic that makes a bunch HP with hybrid technology, about 250 hp as I recall. 4 and 6 cyl. family sedans (grocery getters) now run as fast or faster than their V8 counterparts of my childhood. My wife's current 2001, 1.8L Miata would give my old L82 powered 84, Z28 Camaro a pretty good run.

Hot rodders have always been a resourceful bunch who push the envelope well beyond what the auto manufacturers put on the market place. I see rodders picking up technology and making use of it all of the time. Carburators have yielded to EFI, points were replaced with electronic ignition. Even dizzies are going away and everybody now wants overdrive.

I don't agree that there is an unlimited supply of oil. There are too many factors driving supply and cost that are beyond our control. China is a huge new emerging economy that is now competing for the very same oil resources that the West has in the past taken for granted. The Middle East is a continuing powder keg. How much will it cost to raise Manhatten as the ocean level rises? These are real world issues that are and will drive costs at your local gas pump.

The market place will ultimately dictate where our hobby goes. I believe that it must continue following the trend towards technology if it is to survive. I hope to be ahead of that trend.

Mike A