[Chad Speier]

Originally Posted by Tiger Paw

Chad, how many Comp guys buy engines? How many build their own? Ingenuity absolutely required. Not likely that Nickens, Jenkins RIP, Sonny L and WJ (I'm told did engines for this years Champ) will break new ground in search of Pontiac power.

DCI, McCarty, Butler or somebody with engineering working with will have to do it.

When I quit Comp Sonny L Chevy hemis ran me out of A/AA $75K per engine. Now WJ?

I'd say 50/50 buy vs build. But to be clear, no one would ever build a Pontiac to run Comp. Makes no sense when you can buy anything GM that is already R&D to death and run in a Pontiac.

You will have a hard time buying a SBC top builder engine for $75K. However, a little guy can win races and set records as well. In fact The Champ has Neil and Parks build his chassis and they run A/ND. I do their heads. The Champs rear end bill was over $100K last year..