[Chris Uratchko]

Originally Posted by cgeise

Chris jmo, but most guys that are doing this kind of racing can or have done a lot of this kind of work themselves-- In not saying the higher degrees that we are talking here but they have done "some" and so with some knowledge of how "they can do it " its real hard for most guys to pony up 120- 150 bucks an hour for some of this stuff to get done. Hope I made some sense.

To a degree you're right. But when you examine the hourly rate of other labors such as brake jobs, general vehicle maintenance, etc.... at over 100 per hour it is within reason to consider that you can make more money at those jobs than building engines.