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[Ed Wright]

Listen to Angelo. It is way cheaper to buy a fast car, than to build one. It is going to cost much more to build. You don't see the track rental money for testing, different tires, gears, converters, transmissions (different gear ratios & builders) etc, bought & tested to find the fastest combination.

[SStockDart]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Listen to Angelo. It is way cheaper to buy a fast car, than to build one. It is going to cost much more to build. You don't see the track rental money for testing, different tires, gears, converters, transmissions (different gear ratios & builders) etc, bought & tested to find the fastest combination.

Completely agree with Ed and others....buy a turn key car. I pulled my 68 Dart out of a salvage yard, no rust but dinged up. Thought it was a good car, and still do because of 4 different engine combinations....I thought I could save money building it and enjoyed doing it. But, thousands on top of thousands of dollars later, It was a terrible financial decision. Whatever "ready to race car" you could buy would easily cost at least cost double to build assuming it is a quality piece. Just my 2 cents

[Jim Hanig]

Originally Posted by SStockDart

Completely agree with Ed and others....buy a turn key car. I pulled my 68 Dart out of a salvage yard, no rust but dinged up. Thought it was a good car, and still do because of 4 different engine combinations....I thought I could save money building it and enjoyed doing it. But, thousands on top of thousands of dollars later, It was a terrible financial decision. Whatever "ready to race car" you could buy would easily cost at least cost double to build assuming it is a quality piece. Just my 2 cents

Some of us cant come up with 30000.00 when we want to buy a car.Find it easier to spend 500. at a time and find it enjoyable to build the car themselves. I have built 5 cars and never spent close to what most want for there ready to run cars. My 2cents.