[Spridgets] Classic Motorsports Midget Project

[Ron Soave]

--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Paul Baker <paulbaker53 at 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