Originally Posted by Midget98:
Unfortunately, the time for that was prior to picking a crate engine as the motor to put in the IRA WingLess cars. This was basically a "cost to enter" decision as a new top of the line MSA powerplant costs around $30k. MSA engines have a substantial horsepower advantage which would make evening it out with the crate engine almost imnpossible without some sort of restrictor plate or something. Also, I pretty sure the winged crate car would be legal in MSA, but would be at a pretty big disadvantage due to the horsepower difference.
It doesn't seem like a MSA engine ought to cost thirty grand, but thinking about everything I suppose they do.