Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - BMARA engine rules are now D-II

darnall (Offline)
#146 1/19/15 2:23 PM

Originally Posted by bobby01:
I've been following this discussion since it started and I got a couple questions.
With all the turmoil that's been going on in my area with the lightning sprints I started looking the Ecotec deal.
First I read where Dustin Darnell said the Ecotec engines cost $1000. so how did these engines go from that to costing $8000. from Zero Motorsports and then $15000. from Revolution racing. I'm not saying that they are not worth that but how it's all ready getting out of control.
I've been around the racing game a long time and keeping cost under control has been the big problem since the days of the Offy. I hope that someone can come up with a solution before we all go broke.
The problem with automotive style engines is that car companies leave to much on the table to go get and it costs a lot of money to turn them into race engines and low mileage motorcycle engines are getting harder to get.
So what is the answer???
Bobby Layne
2014 MLS Champion

Not sure which post you are referring to but if I said under 1,000 it was a typo that should have said under 10,000....

But, now that you mention it... there was at least one car at the shootout that had an ecotec installed and race ready for about 1 grand...but to do that required use of some parts they already had laying around and a TON of elbow grease and fabrication.

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