I want to go Stocker Racing

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Richard Grant

I would say their are not a good starter car. The LT1 has been flogged and hit with HP pretty hard. It would take an experienced racer to build one that's competitive and you have the new cars to deal with.
The LS1 seems to have some room left if you can build a top notch piece.Not a piece of cake for a new racer. Probably expensive to build one that's competitive and you still will be a sitting duck for the new cars.
Unless you buy one that's flogged you will lose any heads up races until it's lined out and by the time you lose to the other LT1's and LS1's then lose to any 2008 or newer cars you will wish that you had chosen another combo.

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

IMHO..that can be said with most combinations.
Except the new factory racers.

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Well, what exactly are we saying here? Sadly what is being said above is true. S/SS racing is tough, always was. For someone starting from scatch, this sounds like a tough call. A good established NHRA car, not a new factory car mind you. Costs what? A car that can approach the 1 second under that is required to be competitve on a national level, maybe buy a running car for 15-20K?

It will take in the neighborhood of that to build a car doing it yourself. And at that, no guarantee that the car will even run the index, much less under to any degree. How long before the 100K+ Factory cars dominate the field. Getting to be more and more of those everyday, it seems. Dare I say it but with the advant of the Factory cars, I'm looking at Stock in the same light as we saw Pro Stock 35-40 years ago in relation to cost? Am I right or wrong?

Doesn't sound real encouraging for someone wanting to break into the game? Just some rambling thoughts on a Sunday morning.

On a side note, I looked real hard at the 93 Camaro out of N.C., posted in the For Sale section. Seems like a really nice car for the money. It is an IHRA only car. Even my wife liked it, told me to buy it if I really wanted it, LOL! You would need to know how cheap my wife is to tell me to BUY another car. Myself being unfamiliar with the LT-1 engines and considering what it would take to convert the car to an NHRA car. I came to the conclusion that it might not be the best car for me.