Who all races with a V6?

[GarysZ24]

I also recommend Lane "The Hawk" Weber, for V6rwd talk. However, I race a fwd 173c.i. V6...I'm happy that I've enjoyed having a competitive car and not having to spend more than $5k on the engine work, plus the Accel Calmap software to bring out the power that Verle Stevens put in the motor...since my factory computer fought it, and thus a car that should've ran in the 16's instantly when it was built (04/96..yes 1996!), started out running 18.3's...the factory computer didn't like all of the legal mods done to the heads, and camshaft. The only sad part is that my car didn't run the index (or better, for it's first 3yrs), and it wasn't until the '99 MIle Highs (a race I loss the 3rd rd in by just .009), that the car was competitive. However my best break came 2yrs ago, when after years of begging, and the years 2000-2006, barely having a competitive car, NHRA finally dropped my horsepower factor down from the originally high 150, to a much more fair 130hp.

I hope you go with the Chevy 229, because it's 3/4's of a small block V8, so some of the parts (such as water pumps, et. al.,), could actually work on that motor that work on a V8? Thus the cost should be reasonable, however the V6 Buick has a big following as well, and with racers such as "The Hawk" out there keeping them on the map, that combo could be competitive in cost as well?

I agree with you about wanting something different, which is why all of my noteworthy racing experiences have been with V6, or 4cyl cars (except my 1973 Pontiac Ventura, and it's 350 poncho motor). Good Luck with whatever you decide to do, and you already have a fan from out west, because although I have my own car to race, I'll always root for the slower half of Stock Eliminators race cars (meaning those that actually run 13sec's and slower)!!!