Re: Would make someone a Good car
Kevin,
Sounds like under 10k but will never happen. Crate motor cars cost just as much as NHRA legal to build.
Bought a trans and convertor lately. The last stocker 350 trans I had was $2500 throw a conv in thats another $800-$1,000.
Build motor yourself you will have a minimum of $5,000 in it alone. Then you need Carb, dist, water pump, starter another $1500
Thats 10k alone.
You could buy a crate motor from GM for less than $3,000 but you need to change the cam,lifters,springs,rockers for it to run the index.
You could go the ebay/craigs list/swap meet route buying used stuff and maybe knock a couple grand off then you face reliability issues.
One other thing Crate motor stock in div 9 is very competitive. Every class there has a least one car capable of qulifying top of the field.
I've been there done that . Did 3 cars in 5 years. Won some races too. Very expensive.One reason I went to the .90 classes
If you wanted a bracket car it's not a bad deal though.
Chip Johnson
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