Originally Posted by Mr.Yuck
There are a lot of old cup cars for sale. Any of them would be cheaper than trying to build a race car from scratch. Dude probably went with an LS for cost. A Gen III Hemi or R5P7 would get pricey.


We figured out that that was a myth a while back. The only way to get any cost savings with an LS is if you get a 5.3 base model engine, but HP for HP, the Hemi's actually came out cheaper if you started from scratch.