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Originally Posted by Bob Mulry
I figure that a POS Crate Motor would be pretty cheap....
But on the other hand.....
Building a kick *** and fast Crate Motor would cost a lot of $$$$$, just like a fast Stock Eliminator Engine....
It seems that a few people have had a problem comprehending what my first statement said....
For those you that don't or didn't or don't want to get it, I will clarify my earlier statement.....
I never said that Crate Motor Class cars are a POS, but rather if you want to build a good and fast racecar that is your choice. If you want to a POS that is also your choice..
The fast guys will be fast and slow guys will be slow, it's a choice everybody has to make as to their level of commitment to performance..
To restate the facts:
I never said that Crate Motor Cars are a POS, just that people have a choice in what they build. You can build a POS or a National Record holding racecar or anything in between.....
Get over it....
Bob
PS:
Under the index don't mean crap in a heads up race or on a dial in
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Bob, with all due respect and I may be ignorant here, but how does under the index mean "crap" in a heads up race? If 2 of the same class cars , granted they are IHRA crate motor cars not NHRA crate
Motor cars (most all factory stock cars, that can be furthered argued later and mean no disrespect to FS owners) line up to make a heads up run... wouldn't logic say the car that runs further under the index for that class have higher chance of winning? Also, how many guys under the age of 40 do you know competing in this sport right now that can afford to build any "nhra" specific fast class car? a fast crate motor car (fast = how far under the index) is fairly inexpensive to build and run. Achieving 7-8 tenths under the index is completely attainable on a youngsters budget. I say that to go back to a point made many threads back..... when all the old guys with money move on and retire, the young guys that can afford crate motor cars and have fun will still be around...... I guess they will just give there money to IHRA. I respect your views, but I argue that anyone that works hard and is able to put a class designation on the window of there car shouldn't have there car/motor/class called a POS regardless if it barely runs the index or a second under and spends 6 figures on a motor program.