--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Paul Baker <paulbaker53@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Are parts and labour prices that high
> in the US that it costs $11.5k to
> produce a fast road engine? A full race engine can be
> bought outright in the
> UK for about half that number.
You can build an honest 112 horsepower for under $5K, and it will run at 7500
RPM for 3 years, 3 races and 1 lap. $11.5K will buy you a Huffaker or Bauchman
motor built at their $100 per hour shop rate. I talked to a guy last week
selling a Prather built race engine for $8,000, dyno time only. He has receipts
for $10,700 without carbs, intake or exhaust. It dyno'd at 134bhp on an
allegedly accurate dyno. $11.5K for a street motor is ridiculous.
Ron
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