Motor Rules

DAD · 6/2/14, 5:47 PM

Jim

Jim I'm serious as a heart attack.

I read the rules again and I'll be darned displacement is open. Harold by making the rules like he has up there may have opened the door for us wana-be Midget owners. I think I can build a very competitive 4 valve motor for less than a guy is going to pay for a freshen up on an Esslinger and it won't require a freshen up every 10 races, more like every other season.

Salvage motor................$800.00
Racing pistons..............$1000.00
racing rods...................$1200.00
Valves and springs........$1000.00
Machine work DIY...........,$500.00
Injector throttle bodies..$2500.00 reusable.......If DIY $500.00
Dry sump and plumbing
and pan.......................$1500.00 reusable
electronics and pluming..$2500.00 reusable

total $11,000.00 total package of that $6500.00 is reusable equipment = $4500.00 motor with I would bet 400+ HP

Honest Dad himself

PatrickMead#13 · 6/2/14, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old time Hoosier

Racing cars do not have motors unless the owner got a helluva deal on a LONG extension cord. Race cars have internal combustion ENGINES but amazingly some ENGINE builders call their finished product a MOTOR?

The price isn't bad for 30amp twist-loc cords but you can only pass to the inside all the time or its lights out for power......

Hehehe.......

snoopy · 6/2/14, 11:55 PM

Speaking of motors. What happened to the electric midget that was at the PRI a couple of years ago?

racer5c · 6/3/14, 8:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Nungester

I remember I had a Mercury Capri as my second car. Not the ones that became Mustang Bodies in 79 but before that. It had a small V6 and as light as the car was, I smoked most small blocks 305s-350s It was a part German Car not sure if the engine was German, But I always thought that engine would have been perfect for Midget racing. Even in that small Capri, It looked small but it had all kinds of torque and would just scream, it wasn't till about 80 where the V8s started pulling me..

Ric Burdine ran one in a midget

DAD · 6/3/14, 9:07 AM

Snoopy

I think Casey Shuman burned it up down in Florida a few years ago..

Pat I think for a 400 hp electric motor you would need like a 1000 amp 440 volt extension cord, and we would probably keep tangling up with them pesky infield tires. I guess it would be kinda like a high speed May-pole dance.

Honest Dad himself

6/2/14, 5:47 PM	#41 Re: Motor Rules
DAD Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,957	Jim Jim I'm serious as a heart attack. I read the rules again and I'll be darned displacement is open. Harold by making the rules like he has up there may have opened the door for us wana-be Midget owners. I think I can build a very competitive 4 valve motor for less than a guy is going to pay for a freshen up on an Esslinger and it won't require a freshen up every 10 races, more like every other season. Salvage motor................$800.00 Racing pistons..............$1000.00 racing rods...................$1200.00 Valves and springs........$1000.00 Machine work DIY...........,$500.00 Injector throttle bodies..$2500.00 reusable.......If DIY $500.00 Dry sump and plumbing and pan.......................$1500.00 reusable electronics and pluming..$2500.00 reusable total $11,000.00 total package of that $6500.00 is reusable equipment = $4500.00 motor with I would bet 400+ HP Honest Dad himself _________________________________________________ Last edited by DAD; 6/2/14 at 5:48 PM.

6/2/14, 11:55 PM	#43
snoopy Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 173	Speaking of motors. What happened to the electric midget that was at the PRI a couple of years ago?

6/3/14, 9:07 AM	#45 Re: Motor Rules
DAD Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,957	Snoopy I think Casey Shuman burned it up down in Florida a few years ago.. Pat I think for a 400 hp electric motor you would need like a 1000 amp 440 volt extension cord, and we would probably keep tangling up with them pesky infield tires. I guess it would be kinda like a high speed May-pole dance. Honest Dad himself