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Never saw a $40,000 153 Chevy ll or 2.3 Pinto engine, but I have seen plenty of $30,000 to $40,000 purpose built midget engines. Engine costs escalated quickly when the rules makers allowed aftermarket blocks, heads, and crankshafts to replace the stock production blocks, heads, and cranks. Stock production blocks and heads can be found in salvage yards across the country for $250 to $500. Brand new O.E.M. blocks can be bought in automobile dealership parts departments for well under $1000. Brand new forged O.E.M. crankshafts can be purchased from the same parts departments for less than $300. Aftermarket blocks for purpose built midget engines sell for over $6000. Cranks are over $2500. Write the rules to make the engines remain completely "stock" and see how hard it becomes to enforce the rules.
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