Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

[Bob Pagano]

I want to thank Billy and Dwight for a weekend of eye opening facts and Mark too with follow up info. Great thread, I am sure some folks are taking notes and we will actually see a few of these combos in the coming months. Great job guys.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Bob Pagano

I am sure some folks are taking notes and we will actually see a few of these combos in the coming months.

I'm sure that I can speak for Dwight and Mark and say we hope so!

[Dwight Southerland]

Billy and I have picked what we consider to be low hanging fruit to show some inexpensive ways to go racing. Most of the engine combinations we picked are available in a variety of bodies that will run in classes other than the very heavy classes we recommended in our selections. As a general rule, a 2-bbl combination is at a disadvantage in a class where competitive 4-bbl combinations race in heads-up races. However, there are statistically few heads up races during a year's activities, so don't let that deter you from considering on of these engines in a lighter car. Ed F. certainly hasn't.

The object here is to be able to race without adding to the national debt. You may not be a record holder or a super star with the performance of any of these cars, but you will be racing and the fun factor is high. By the way, it's the challenge and the fun, not the going fast, that builds memories, relationships and experience.

There are lots of other combinations too. Maybe not as cheap as these, but lots cheaper than what most people spend.

[Billy Nees]

You silver-tongued devil you!

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Bob Pagano

I want to thank Billy and Dwight for a weekend of eye opening facts and Mark too with follow up info. Great thread, I am sure some folks are taking notes and we will actually see a few of these combos in the coming months. Great job guys.

This has been a very enlightening thread. I'd say one of the best in ages on this forum. Yes, I've already taken Billy's advise and copied down what he wrote on the starting thread, plus a good bit of the other information. I may just do the front end, rear end and put some sheet metal back onto my Firebird, build a "cheap" engine, per some of this information. Relatively speaking, this car could be at the track next spring?

Course, now, I've got the sub frame connectors, roll bar and all those IHRA crate motor parts laying around. Something for the future.