I do 100% understand, the same thing happened to ME in bikes....and well .... the Vintage classes were created and it was actually more fun and I became more competitive again, I couldnt compete even with a 78-9 "Works" bike factory racer with the new iron....not after the late 90's no way suspensions were way too advanced, then they started "nixing" the 2 strokes in the late 80's early 90's from RR anyway.
Youre right it "hurts the wallet" , and more...its an admission to ones self WE are getting old, not to mention the sweat equity and all the other "love" but face it, some things time gas come...my TZ250's time came....my RZ350's time came...(actually still a screamer but banned across many fields now, and kinda a death trap because of power to suspension)
Ok....but you dont NEED a "Package" car, maybe a DIFFERENT car than you currently have but not 100k either, a 15k 2006 up say SRT8 car, or some of the reasonably priced dime a dozen Fords and Chevy's have mega potential. Hell were thinking of fielding an "street" SRT8 car we have that can be "Stock Elim" spec for under 10k thats straight rear, new brakes, new rubber/wheels, and a cage and connectors, should run in the mid 10's with only a cam change headers and some FI work. Hell its stock internals now and its close, and heavy... Im only familiar with the newer Dodges so I cant comment on other "flavors" but there HAVE to be competitive cars across GM and Ford.
And heres kinda the point I was trying to make, but NEVER got there...
Are the new cars underated....YES..
Is there MORE potential YES....how much can you do to a SBC ? Ok a lot but what NEW can you do ? Not much. Noone has even explored some of the new engines....so even when their rating gets up its far from the end of the road for them, instead more and more will be pulled, and for a longer period of time, starting NOW....Like VVT....thats gonna be FUN.....same with Direct Injection, hell some of the GM's are running it "staged" with Normal injectors....I mean how much potential with a long duration cam ? wow....
You dont NEED a Package car....but something that can benefit from the vendor development that will be seen in that direction, and not a 100k piece, a 20k piece...that has loads of underfactor to begin with but more long term (long term from now forward) potential than a package thats been wrung out for 40 years !
How many other types of racing even have cars 20 years old that are still competitive ?
Adapt and survive, or stagnate and die.....seems simple to me. As much as I tried to resist it in bikes it came and went without a blink....but I survived and prospered because of it. The last 3 years in bikes I was doing exclusivley vintage GP and Formula engines....(formula bike) I was making a killing, its still my "backup" plan for money...lol...but I think the NEW stuff will pan out better, Im getting calls like crazy from everywhere, my answer for now is wait until after Gainesville and lets SEE where we are...you may not want me buidling your lawnmower, but if some of these items wring out like we think (even 1/2 of what we think) Im set......
Not from other Drag racers...from street fighters, from bracket bombers who want to drive their car...but their interest will pay for mine like it always has if I can carve a niche, that niche is in the newer stuff as I see it.....
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Originally Posted by RULER
The new cars are great if you have about 100k doing nothing, but the poor SOB with all his money tied up in an older car just took a big hit to the wallet and it doesn't matter how hard he works or how much money he spends he will never compete against those new cars because they are grossly under rated, And that is a fact!!!!!
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