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Re: I've given up!
The both race whats called a "street stock" up here which uses a stock body hung on a cage built up from its frame, they are limited to (I believe) 360 cubic inches so most build bored out 350 Chevy's, and most people use power glides with Ford 9" rears but turbo 350's and Chevy 10 bolt rears are used too. I dont know what my dad has into it, but I believe my friend has around 9-10 grand into it and he did it in a pretty budget minded manner. Up here we have whats called a "mini stock" which uses the Pinto 2.3L I4 and I believe early Mustang 4 speed manual trannies, which is what I figured your hobby stock is. I'd be closer to believing you could build a good one of those for 5k, but I dont know that you could build an actual good any kind of racecar for that.
I actually put some thought into making a Talon dirt track car, but I have a hard time spending that kind of cash on something you cant drive on the street. If I was going to dump 10 grand into a car, it would be a streetable "hot rod" of some sort... whether it be a DSM, an F-Body, a Fox Body, or an old Impala or something like that.
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Build on hold until I get a good paying job, either in school or once I get out. At that time a full tear down and complete rebuild should be in order.
The Purple People Eater will ride again... January 2011 can't come soon enough.
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