Jumping in to Stock Eliminator

[Painter]

This is the best advise you will ever get about getting into stock or super stock. Buy a vehicle that is already a race car. I am certain many people will co-sign with me on this. Cheaper, a lot less frustrating and in end a hell of a lot more fun. Buy what you can afford, learn, upgrade as you can.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Painter

This is the best advise you will ever get about getting into stock or super stock. Buy a vehicle that is already a race car. I am certain many people will co-sign with me on this. Cheaper, a lot less frustrating and in end a hell of a lot more fun. Buy what you can afford, learn, upgrade as you can.

AMEN !!!!! Talk to GTX John Irving....I am sure he can put you in a ride....

[GTX JOHN]

There are a dozen 360 combos that are good
in the Ram trucks. I have run 1.5+ under with them
on a budget.

The 318 combo are few and not very good.
It is better in a F body Mopar.

I do have a 360 Combo Truck N/SA for $9,500 turnkey or
$7,000 rolling that is finished.

[Dragrac419]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

There are a dozen 360 combos that are good
in the Ram trucks. I have run 1.5+ under with them
on a budget.

The 318 combo are few and not very good.
It is better in a F body Mopar.

I do have a 360 Combo Truck N/SA for $9,500 turnkey or
$7,000 rolling that is finished.

This my second year running stock and I can tell you buy a car or Truck already built. This is a great price for something running and you will have way more fun right off the bat. I will say listen to the guys that have been around as most will give you good advice. I have a couple people that I bug for different tips that I should try.

Good luck with what ever you choose and hope to see you at the races soon.

[Jared Jordan]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

There are a dozen 360 combos that are good
in the Ram trucks. I have run 1.5+ under with them
on a budget.

The 318 combo are few and not very good.
It is better in a F body Mopar.

I do have a 360 Combo Truck N/SA for $9,500 turnkey or
$7,000 rolling that is finished.

Guarantee you won’t build your truck for what you could buy this one for and the Irving Family are top notch good guys that can help you out with it too.

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by Jared Jordan

Guarantee you won’t build your truck for what you could buy this one for and the Irving Family are top notch good guys that can help you out with it too.

I second that statement exactly. Even if you just got done building a stocker, it takes several months or a year to sort it out, get the hang of driving it, and start winning rounds. Yes the Irvings would help you and get you there sooner.

[Dave Gantz]

With a "built" vehicle, you can get right into testing, tuning, experimenting. That's what Stock is all about.
Used to be, you bought a used street vehicle and made it a race car. Now, it's classic car stock racing. To build from scratch, you'll either have to spend considerable bucs just to get a nice original vehicle, or spend considerable bucs to make a dog nice enough to THEN spend modifying it.
Heck, now days, just a paint job can cost more than what it used to cost to buy and build a competitive car. (depending on class, a bit)
Geez, I'm talking myself into an already done car! But I'm a recovering addict and wwwwwwill not ggggget into it aaaaaaagain....

[Dave Noll]

Well I guess I will go against the grain. I have 2 LOWER class cars that I've assembled myself. My "N" car has only run .45 Over. My "EF" car has already run .51 under. Part of this Stock deal is picking a good combo. I like the technical part of this and seeing what works and what doesn't. Which probably goes against what my wallet can afford.? But to me , this way is more gratifying.

[rboyle]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

There are a dozen 360 combos that are good
in the Ram trucks. I have run 1.5+ under with them
on a budget.

The 318 combo are few and not very good.
It is better in a F body Mopar.

I do have a 360 Combo Truck N/SA for $9,500 turnkey or
$7,000 rolling that is finished.

Sounds like a lot of money saved over building one. You can make it your own afterwards but a sorted prepared race vehicle saves you thousands over R&D of your own stuff

[Wayne Scraba]

Although it's not a Stock Eliminator car, you might find this interesting:

Recently, I quickly added up the invoices for suspension, steering, wheels, tires and brakes on my Nova street machine. I'm a Canadian, but all of the prices were in US dollars, without shipping or taxes. The total was north of $9250 and that doesn't include the rear end assembly. That's for a leaf spring car that is similar to a stocker. There's one caveat: I did use Detroit Speed upper and lower a-arms ($1400 or so), but if it was a stock eliminator car, I still would have had bushings, ball joints and mods to install the shocks to deal with.

What I'm getting at is you can end up with a lot of $$$ in what seems like a simple rebuild, if you decide to use good quality parts.

Just food for thought....