"Never Opening the hood off", is a figure of speech...Meaning I don't have to mess with it, or work on it at the track.
I check stuff constantly.I have a lift, it goes on it every 3 races for inspection and oil chages.The point I was trying to make is, my cars are normally consistant, don't break, and I don't run them hard,because I really don't care how fast they are, as long as I qualify for the class I am running.
This all works for me so I paln to stick with it.The dyno's are free, because my friend owns the dyno shop, and he sponsors me.
As I said, we could go back and froth on this topic,many agree with you.
Peace brother, and happy Moparing
CW