Originally Posted by zerospeed:
Informative thread.... I am picking up a car tomorrow that's a bit older but is fresh and has new components. This was a good read. I am planning on stripping it and taking it to someone just to have it checked and re powder coated. That way I can go through it and I am confident in what I have.
Zero
Ninety Eight Percent of the reader racers on IOW are sportsman racers. They have a day job also, of these about ten percent have to have a race car just like their hero races or the guy that is winning the most in the class they choose to race in. All too often a racer new to the class thinking that they can spend their way to victory gets an awakening that just perhaps It might require more than money to race up front, leaving us with a disgruntled racer and a very expensive race car for sale at a discounted price.
If you are new to the sport DON'T hock the farm to go racing, get a hold of somebody with a tad more experience than you and go shopping>>>stay away from those cheap expensive race cars, rather look for a good solid older car 10 year old cars are great for gaining "seat time" after a couple of years racing then it is time to decide in what direction you wish to go. In that time you will be much better prepared to know what is hot and also by that time maybe you will have the seat time to take advantage of a better race car.
Like the preacher said "Do as I say>>>Not as I did"
Honest Dad himself
