you had more fun back when the race car was a street car that you could drive anywhere??? cost little to nothing cause parts was just something you had or picked up along the way..i know i am not the only 1.... now every time you do something its 100.00 here and 100.00 there or more with the race car..lol gotta love horse power

I love going fast BUT I did have more fun running
10.0 without all the BS of certs and all the other
stuff... thats why I'm building the new car... street
strip and should run low 10s.... good enough for me
now days

I'm happy with a 10-second street car / weekend warrior.

I was even more happy talkin s##t at the local hangout and heading out of town at 2am to "settle things".

I think I was happier when my car was in the 12s high 11s. Street driven no roll bar or the scam of new belts every 2 years.

I've never had a purpose built racecar. I've always driven my junk on the street. I like being able to throw a couple of straw bales in the back and still run 10's.Dave

My racecars ARE my streetcars and everything costs $1000+.....including fuel.

Mine is too far gone to be a street car...But it would be a blast!!

My 10 second street/race car was a lot of fun. But it has caused me a significant amount of $$$$ and grief this year.

I did have more fun when the car ran 12.50 and was my daily driver.

Build a heads up small tire car. The 100$ here and there turns to 500$ here and there.

This was my solution.

My race car is, and always will be street legal, and I wouldn't have it any other way. My kids love riding around town in the Barracuda. My wife likes it for going out on data nights in the cuda....and me, I like having a 10 second street car ...but parts have never been "cheap", well, at least I don't seem to remember the cheap parts. I seem to only remember the one's that cost an arm and a leg....selective memory I guess

Myself.. I hate working on street cars with all the performace stuff.
I'd rather keep my racer seperate and go to the track instead of screwing around on the street. Keep my street car mostly stock.

My weekend when I'm not racin Car

When I had a race car, it was just as much fun as my street cars. It was the escalating cost of the race car that took the fun out of it.

The fun started going away on the race car 20+ years ago when aluminum heads for BB Mopars came about. I felt compeled to go beyond the old but economical 440/906/.590 combo which ran a best of 10.10@131. $3000+ head packages, $1000+ roller cam setups, $$$$$ stroker pkgs took a lot of fun out of it. Also the fact I now had a car that ran quicker than 10.0, meaning more money for chassis cert, safety gear, license requirements.
I had enough of the cost and sold the race car 14 years ago.
I still have the same street cars.

I never wanted to make my Cuda a race only car,friends wanted me to join their team of matching Cuda drag cars,called Double Vision racing,I said nope..glad I didn't,they've closed just about every track near here.
Mine runs mid 10's,haven't had alot of runs at the track because of the closures,its not real radical,convertor is kinda tight,{hence my lame 60fts!},but have driven it on the last two Car Craft Anti Tours,I like driving it on the street,.it's fun,been pretty reliable,so far .