One of the reasons I moved from DP to CM was the price of being potentially
competitive - I bought a CM car outright for what it would have cost to
upgrade the motor of my DP car to the "next level" - a fully programmable FI
engine would have run about $3-5K all told, depending on dyno time.
Shocks cost about the same in both classes, but would have had to be
specially fabricated for my X1/9. Plus now certain Lotii have been moved to
the class.
For about $8k all in, I expect to end up with a CM car that is a potential
Nationals trophy car. I don't KNOW this, but I suspect that is the bargain
basement starting range for most P cars at the same level. Still cheaper
than Stock/SP, though.
Doug
jwalter@ptra.com wrote:
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 22:52:23 -0500
> From: "Jan Schmidt" <jschmidt@kumc.edu>
> Subject: RE: Pay attention quote
>
> What kind of FP car do you put $15K into and find that it is
> uncompetitive???
> Bill Schmidt KC region
>
> Just about any of them. Just think, the really cool shocks are only
> $3,000 and UP. Now buy wheels (Diamond steel are your cheapest route at
> $80) and tires (Hoosier R33 or R44 in 16x10 are $250 ea.), you're a third
> of the way there and you haven't touched the motor, differential, sway
> bars, springs, or the hundreds of hardware items and trips to the
> alignment shop (our sponsor, thank you Brake Check).
>
> Of course, uncompetitive is a subjective term. ;^)
>
> James Rogerson
> [FP #125] - Techless Racing
> jwalter@ptra.com
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> "Men that like golf are unhappy at home and incapable of having a
> meaningful relationship with women" - Joseph Heller
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