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Old 12-20-2009, 05:38 PM   #2
Alan Roehrich
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Default Re: CJ engine options and HP ratings.

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Originally Posted by Sean Cour View Post
Alan-

Racers that are already competing in these "new" car classes, are already vested deep with the car they already own. If you were wanting to build a '69 Camaro for AA, A, or B, you would already know that to run with guys like Sorensen, Richard, Defrank, Shaul, to name a few, you would have to realize that you're going to spend over a $80,000 to field this car. This number might be light, unless you're going to do alot of the work yourself.
So the new car prices are not entirely out of line for a very fast, high class car. IMO
Sean,
I work on a AA car already, I know exactly what it costs, right down to the last penny. I work on nearly every single piece on the car. I don't do the body work, and I don't build the carburetor, although I can do either.

Thanks for making my point for me. Because the expensive AA Camaro I work on can't possibly hope to compete with the new cars. Even Sorenson can't run with them.

It's not that the prices are out of line for what you could have bought or paid to build one of the older cars. It's that the older cars are now unable to compete, so all of those cars lost some value, and can't compete against the new cars in a heads up race.
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