Quote:
Originally Posted by ryoung99
How many times do you rebuild per year and what is the cost?
If you are the average guy, the answer is 2-3x at $5k+.
Simple math (conservatively speaking, assuming you can get 60 races out of the new engine prior to rebuild and the rebuild cost is similar to a Focus)....
Year 1 (20 races) = -$10k (new engine) + $10k (rebuilds saved) + $10k (selling your old motor) = $10k savings
Year 2 (20 races) = +10k (rebuild cost saved) = $10k savings (accumlative $20k)
Year 3 (20 races) = +10 (rebuild cost saved) - $4k (long block swap out at seasons end) = $6k savings (accumulative $26k for three years).
Now you have raced 60 times and your cost to race is $26k less, that is equivalent to $433 per night of racing. That is probably more than your average take home from racing right now. And this model is conservative at only 60 nights. If the engine has the same reliability as the Focus your total savings will most likely be even more than what I have illustrated (80 races = $36k or $450 per night savings).
Thus you might have a cash flow issue at the start, but you will end up with less engine costs that you probably see today.
|
I am not disputing your cost saving analysis, nor do I have a dog in this fight. BUT, all a spec engine does is shift where people spend their money. Racers will spend whatever they have available to race, and if you equalize the engines, they will just spend it somewhere else to gain an edge....... Just look at what happened with the Focus cars. What's to keep a "have" from buying 10 of these spec engins, dynoing them, keeping the strongest two and selling the others? What's to keep a "have" from putting his car on a 7 post chassis rig?
If you REALLY want to control costs, how about implememnting a salary cap, like all the other major sports have done to keep themselves from spending more than they can afford.