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Todd Leitner · 09-25-2014, 04:58 PM

I'm not kidding Chris. So I can head out to the salvage yards (30 to ? miles away), I only have one chance a week to go because I work five days a week. Search for old rusty obsolete parts (428CJ). Then spend $3.50 per gallon on gas to haul the parts to the nearest machine shop (again 30 miles one way), one chance a week to do this depending on if the kids have any activities going on and weather permitting, try to explain to them what I want done and why, wait until they are done rebuilding tractor parts and can get to my stuff. Pay god knows how much money and make multiple trips back and forth until they get it right. Then I can assemble it myself and it won't be very fast and will probably scatter all over the track in a couple passes. Or I can spend a lot of money and take it to a repubital engine builder and pay his machinist to redo everything the way he wants it and wait some more.

Or I can call Jack Roush or Ford Racing and have a complete 351W (hence the stock GT classes), assembled with all new parts, delivered right to my doorstep in a week or so. I can probably get it running in a few days, and it will have more hp, last longer, and be way faster than what I would have built.

Racing isn't cheap, we all know that, but it might not be "as" expensive as fixing the old stuff. And it might let a few more people get out there and go racing.

09-25-2014, 04:58 PM	#26
Todd Leitner Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 18 Likes: 0 Liked 7 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Want a list of SS or Stk cars sitting. I'm not kidding Chris. So I can head out to the salvage yards (30 to ? miles away), I only have one chance a week to go because I work five days a week. Search for old rusty obsolete parts (428CJ). Then spend $3.50 per gallon on gas to haul the parts to the nearest machine shop (again 30 miles one way), one chance a week to do this depending on if the kids have any activities going on and weather permitting, try to explain to them what I want done and why, wait until they are done rebuilding tractor parts and can get to my stuff. Pay god knows how much money and make multiple trips back and forth until they get it right. Then I can assemble it myself and it won't be very fast and will probably scatter all over the track in a couple passes. Or I can spend a lot of money and take it to a repubital engine builder and pay his machinist to redo everything the way he wants it and wait some more. Or I can call Jack Roush or Ford Racing and have a complete 351W (hence the stock GT classes), assembled with all new parts, delivered right to my doorstep in a week or so. I can probably get it running in a few days, and it will have more hp, last longer, and be way faster than what I would have built. Racing isn't cheap, we all know that, but it might not be "as" expensive as fixing the old stuff. And it might let a few more people get out there and go racing. Last edited by Todd Leitner; 09-25-2014 at 06:08 PM.