You wanna know something that frustrates and confuses me?
I noticed something terrible the last couple of days. When I felt like I got really close to having something I have desired quite a bit I began to pray to God that I may have it. It was seemingly just within my reach, which provided me with great hope and expectation. So I began to earnestly seek God for it. Asking that He would fulfill the desires of my heart. I prayed for this thing constantly throughout the day.
Now it has become very evident that I have received an answer to this prayer. And that answer was a resounding NO. Now that I have received an answer to my prayers I should move on, and keep praying for Gods will in my life. I should keep praying, and asking God to fulfill this desire, shouldn't I?
The truth of the matter is that my prayer life has been really slack. It was before I came close to this thing, and when I thought I was near it my prayer life got way better. But now that its gone my prayer life has gone back to the way it was before, really slack. Why am I, and not just me but people in general, so willing to seek God and pray fervently when we think we have already achieved what we're praying for? Why is it that I am so willing to cling to God when I want to get something out of it? Why do I not seek God all the time, and not just when I want something from Him?
This bothers me. I am terribly flippant in my faith. If I can't go to God all the time why should He answer my prayers when I just pray because I want something from Him. I don't blame God for saying no. In fact it was well deserved by me. I would have told me no too if I was God.
Bottom Line:
I need to be always in prayer, not just when I have something to gain from it. I'm trying to learn to be always in prayer.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Horsepower
Today in class my team dynoed our engine with our new modifications. We now have AFR 65 CC cylinder heads, 1.5:1 roller rocker arms, A high-rise dual plane intake manifold, a 750cfm carburetor with a spacer and a velocity stack, and large tube exhaust headers.
We pulled 339 horsepower with a 650 carb, and then put on the 750 carb, and pulled 343 horses. This is only our second round of mods and we have already pulled enough horsepower to earn NOS. We are the first team to get this much horsepower, the rest are still around 240.
Next we will put a bigger camshaft, a high-rise single plane intake manifold, and maybe an even bigger carburetor. So we have already gotten enough horsepower to earn NOS and we will still get even more. We are hoping to get 370 horsepower next time around.
After our next round of mods we will chemically supercharge it(a fancy way to say spray NOS into it) I cant wait to see the engine I helped build get over 400 horsepower. Its exciting for me.
We pulled 339 horsepower with a 650 carb, and then put on the 750 carb, and pulled 343 horses. This is only our second round of mods and we have already pulled enough horsepower to earn NOS. We are the first team to get this much horsepower, the rest are still around 240.
Next we will put a bigger camshaft, a high-rise single plane intake manifold, and maybe an even bigger carburetor. So we have already gotten enough horsepower to earn NOS and we will still get even more. We are hoping to get 370 horsepower next time around.
After our next round of mods we will chemically supercharge it(a fancy way to say spray NOS into it) I cant wait to see the engine I helped build get over 400 horsepower. Its exciting for me.
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