According to the article on the magazine, they spent quite a bit of time
swapping things on and off the motor and running it on the dyno to see
what the effects were. So there's certainly extras in there just for
that.
It's way above my budget, but depending on what you're after, "dyno
time" is not necessarily a waste...
-=Chris
Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/
<-----Original Message----->
From: Jay Fishbein [jfishbein@snet.net]
Sent: 8/25/2009 3:27:01 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Classic Motorsports Midget Project
Hardly.
I did a double-take on the $11,500 figure in your email and went into
the
article to see for myself.
That figure ($11,500) is ludicrous and merely reflects the use of some
very
expensive parts, (Prepped race-head $1,654/Roller Rockers $698/Carbs
$800)
and unnecessary services such as "dyno time". There's a lot of "jewelry"
on
this unit.
One can build their own engine for a fraction of that amount, or have
one
professionally built by a reputable shop with A-Series experience for
probably
a third of the amount ($11,500.) the article outlines, for not much less
hp.
If anyone on planet earth really spends that amount of money ($11,500)
on an
engine for a Spridget, they haven't spent their dollars very wisely. And
that's putting it mildly.
Jay Fishbein
Wallingford, CT
61 Innocenti Spider
63 Pink Sprite
73 Morris Mini Van
--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Paul Baker <paulbaker53@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
From: Paul Baker <paulbaker53@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Classic Motorsports Midget Project
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:57 PM
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.
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