Thinking about this in depth.......

[69Cobra]

You just described the last 15 years of my racing. My Dad parked our car in '87 as a Stocker and it sat until about '94 when I started racing it at the age of 17. Every upgrade I've done to the car over the last 15 years I've done with Stock Eliminator in mind. Like CycloneFE said I've got years of data and now have the car 60'ing pretty close to where it needs to be to be competitve in class. Now I'm focusing on building a competitive engine to get the job done. Don't get me wrong I still have alot of work to do but its only work and I'm not scared of work.

Originally Posted by CycloneFE

Jim is correct in his thinking(I feel) and a lot of the other responses have very good merit.

My thoughts on how to get into class racing for the most reasonable outlay is this;

I already had my Cyclone. Every addition to it has the intention that I will race in stock. Every purchase must be a legal stock part. The roll bars were put in with the intention of running stock. The motor is from a shop that I think I can trust and is NOT stock legal, but affordable. My converter is race ready, but the trans may be weak as it is not top dollar. The rear and suspension is all Calvert and should work well. I am currently waiting on ride height to order shocks and they will be race ready.

I fully intend to bracket race this car for quite a while. Money will be saved and data can be gathered. Once the car can perform in the incremental times as a comparable stocker I will spend the money needed for the motor and the trans.

While I am not young(51) this is a formula that can be used by anyone beginning or getting back into racing as I intend to do.

Just my 2 cents