V10 - has it been to quiet

[Chris Barnes]

I think the home made old cars cost more than we want to admit, especially for the fast ones. The most glaring omission is labor. The math gets fuzzy fast but even allowing ten bucks an hour adds up fast at the bottom line. I simply do not want to know how much my C/SA car has cost.

What are the comparative maintenance costs between the new cars and the old ones?

Chris Barnes
Wagons of Steel
Stock 6621

[CBS]

Go all that way and just race 1 car.....unheard of.....lol

Most guys would have 2 if they could afford it........

and most guys would have a motorhome and stacker if they could afford it....

I like the comment Terry made.....a stacker with a super gasser in....like that's a piece of you know what.......(you need to make a pass in mine Terry)

Think about it....if you can build the stuff and buy it ....you can have twice as much....lol

I'm on the Jeff Tueton Plan.....I just need more money....lol

Rock Haas

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by CBS

Go all that way and just race 1 car.....unheard of.....lol

Most guys would have 2 if they could afford it........

and most guys would have a motorhome and stacker if they could afford it....

I like the comment Terry made.....a stacker with a super gasser in....like that's a piece of you know what.......(you need to make a pass in mine Terry)

Think about it....if you can build the stuff and buy it ....you can have twice as much....lol

I'm on the Jeff Tueton Plan.....I just need more money....lol

Rock Haas

CBS......Never meant it that way....In fact I was thinking about a S/S and a stocker in a stacker when I typed that.....LOL. Im like you and Jeff.....Just wished I had some more money.
Have to admit the fastest pass I ever made was in a friends S/C car (rear engined dragster) that ran about 168 MPH but that was about 20 years ago. Id like to make a pass in your SS/DA better.

[Rich Biebel]

[QUOTE=X-TECH MAN;Have to admit the fastest pass I ever made was in a friends S/C car (rear engined dragster) that ran about 168 MPH but that was about 20 years ago. .[/QUOTE]

20 years ago (1991) there weren't to many 168 mph S/C cars.....and that included when they were wide open. Timers were not widely used yet........most people used plate stops or a bolt.........average S/C car went 155

Bracket dragsters were mostly 8 second cars and very few ran much better than 160....

So if you went 168 in 1991 in a dragster that was a pretty fast car for the era

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

20 years ago (1991) there weren't to many 168 mph S/C cars.....and that included when they were wide open. Timers were not widely used yet........most people used plate stops or a bolt.........average S/C car went 155

Bracket dragsters were mostly 8 second cars and very few ran much better than 160....

So if you went 168 in 1991 in a dragster that was a pretty fast car for the era

Very true......A lot were only 158-160 or so. It was really in 1992. The car now has a 4 link and runs a new 632 alum block and runs 7.40's. Money brackets only. OK....he is nuts ! LOL It had a 496 inch and a 532 from time to time back then with GOOD heads that I did for it at the time on alcohol and a Rupert carb. I think he only ran it as a S/C which was really in IHRA Q/R (still a 8.90 car) once in 1992. . 99.9 % of the time it was a bracket car at Colonial Beach, MIR, and down south at the 1/8 mile tracks. eaiser on parts. I made a 1/2 pass and then one full pass and that was it back then. I prefer a roof and doors....LOL. First and only time I ever used a delay box and was I ever LATE (about a second) . I was use to leaving on the bottom bulb and not the top bulb so guess which I left on. . I still catch hell over that. Thats how I got away with it without having a license, etc. Never again.

[CBS]

Just busting your chops Terry.......lol

that ss car is a ball to drive.....and the cool part is... it runs like a new car....and its very durable....Super Stock kind of consumes you.....I love it....

I just wish I was a little better at it.....lol

at least I haven't hit anything yet......lol....including my *****

Rock Haas

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by CBS

Just busting your chops Terry.......lol

that ss car is a ball to drive.....and the cool part is... it runs like a new car....and its very durable....Super Stock kind of consumes you.....I love it....

I just wish I was a little better at it.....lol

at least I haven't hit anything yet......lol....including my *****

Rock Haas

Awwww, I was hoping to make a pass or two !

[dynomo]

Hey Rock I did see you hit something with that superstocker.......The power window switch