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Re: Building A Nationals Winning Car

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Subject: Re: Building A Nationals Winning Car
From: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@Winchell.Com>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:56:08 +0100
> >  At Nationals Scotty was calling ESP CP light and I think
> >  it is the other way around.  CP tires and wheels are also cheaper than the
> >  big 17's.  I could be wrong but I just built it and I think it is 
> nationally
> >  competitive.

> The 2 choices for 16" X 12" CP wheels seem to cost $900 and $1600/set 
> respectively.  Tires are about $1000/set.  

A popular ESP choice, 16x10 wheels from Complete Custom Wheel, are 
about 1500/set - with 275/45/16 Hooisers add about 800. The same 
vendor's 17x11s running 315/35/17 Kumhos are perhaps a little cheaper. 
So it would seem you could save a little money in ESP on this part but not 
much. 

OTOH, ESP is a $50K class if you ask me. I'm guessing CP is cheaper 
(though perhaps not a lot) due to the initial car costs and more people 
being familiar with modifications to the older cars that dominate this class.
Jeff Winchell
http://PonyCar.Net

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