[TQ29m]

Sounds to me like, there are a lot of midgets, parked, because of engine costs! Lets do a little history, midgets "used" to be, the only, "affordable" racing, before and after WWII, then along came the TQ's, then NAMARS, then who knows what else, then seems to me like, suddenly, they all wanted to run pavement, then the races got so far away, and at difficult times, and costs of tires, and the hot engine of the month, then it mostly died, except for the Regional, Kenyon, and the Focus. I can remember when everyone had a midget, then suddenly, you had to travel long distances, just to even find a race. What would be wrong, with stepping off the money circle, forget the even $8000.00 motors, look what the VW engine did, then it got expensive, look for an engine, automotive of course, available to everyone, salvage yards full of them, do some research on reliability, and parts availability, and pick out 4 or 5 or 6 or 8, that fit the criteria, and book some races at the local dirt tracks, and get these cars back out where people can see them again, how big a following did the Pinto have, they got scarce in a hurry, but somewhere out there, in a salvage yard, has to be the answer. I got tired of the high cost of SOHC CB750 aftermarket parts, and started looking for something that would fit in our engine specs, and I had to buy about 4 different ones, that looked like good prospects, before I settled on one, and I'm damned glad I did, the new technology, of a stock, out of the chassis motor, is amazing, and what else is amazing, is the fact I don't have to look everywhere for parts, parts are everywhere, and I don't have to pay big dollars for "special" parts, all the stock parts are completly reliable for racing, and I can do it myself, no "spec" engine, that someone else gets paid to put a seal on it. Let the guys that have the where with all, deep pockets, follow the trail to maybe nowhere, find you enough people interested, to get started, and go for it. As a matter of point, I have less in my "out of the chassis" motor, that is very competitive, than I'd have in the "special" rods, for an 836 Honda, and I bought all my used parts off ebay, new rod bolts, from Yamaha, are less than 3 bucks each. We're havin fun, I don't work on the engine at all, it has over 60 nights of racing on it, and is ready to go for another season. My point is this, if you want to race, and your pockets are like mine, and a lot of other peoples, put your thinking cap on, and forget the $30,000.00 engine route, but get them cars out, where folks can see them locally, put them back in the spotlight, where they belong. Looks like it's worth a try to me! Bob