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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: 440sourcedotcom]
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10/18/18 01:53 PM
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B3422W5
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As a small business owner, i can tell you the tax cuts are a huge positive.
The tariffs being talked about here represent less than 1% of our total trade with China.
We are talking a 20 trillion dollar economy and a few hundred million in tariffs. The Chinese economy is less than half of ours.
And again, they need us. We buy WAY more from them than everybody else. At the end of the day they need us way more than we need them
The reason all the plants have been closed across American for years with weeds growing in parking lots is because our wealth was sold/ given to the Chinese the last 30-40 years.
Putting an end to it is much needed and long overdue. Ultimately it will be way more than worth it.
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: mopar dave]
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10/18/18 01:59 PM
10/18/18 01:59 PM
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Business got a 14% tax cut we we got 1%. I cant feel sorry for business right now and just expect the prices reduced back to original once the tariffs are off.
I do understand their will be a second stage to tax cuts for middle class coming soon. Lets hope If your married and filing jointly, if you made under 315, 000 dollars your tax rate went down between 3-4%. Its easy to look up the old and new tax brackets to verify this. Gotta remember too, pretty much half the people in the country dont pay a dime in taxes
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69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: 440sourcedotcom]
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10/18/18 01:59 PM
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I figured this was going to happen and already bought all the engine parts and repop body parts I needed for my projects. Although even if I waited, 10% wouldn't make or break any of the builds... what I need is more storage cause even my house is getting filled 
68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert
340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z
66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: 440sourcedotcom]
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10/18/18 01:59 PM
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They get prices up and it does not matter if next year they fall through the floor on cost side--prices will remain up --the gas price hike that sent everything skyward is perfect example--gas dropped but nothing else did
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: jughed]
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10/18/18 03:26 PM
10/18/18 03:26 PM
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Val-haul-ass... eventually
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great sales pitch...yes, folks stock up on those fine Eagle cranks before the coming price jump. Don't forget to buy a spare too. Buy them now because Chinese 'quality' may not get any better.  (not mine) Can you provide any history as to this crank failure? Oh, you'll probably need to post it on another thread since this one is getting so jacked up that I hear the toilet handle being wiggled in the background.
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: BradH]
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10/18/18 03:42 PM
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mopar dave
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I have never seen one break in the front. Eagle cranks always break in the rear from what i have seen.
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: mopar dave]
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10/18/18 03:42 PM
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I am married and file jointly so my tax cut may be higher than i thought. I make about $1000 more per year under president Trump than i did under Obama. I drive a truck for Roger Penske, but my pay has been reduced and increased since 2000. I now make a $1.25 more than i did in 2003 and have been way passed by, by inflation and it just bugs me to see some business take advantage of any little thing to increase prices while never reduced when things return to normal. I think alot of us out here expected to reap some benifits of the business tax cuts by business passing off better deals to the customer. I dont know, is it greed or just business?
You as a small business owner understand all this better than me. Your in a good position to be in. Truck drivers are in very short supply and sooner rather than later are going to be able to leverage more money due to competition to hire them. Have read several articles on trucking shortages here just in the last couple of weeks
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69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: 440sourcedotcom]
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10/18/18 04:00 PM
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Economics 101, the customer will always cover the costs.
If you've been paying attention, prices have increased on a lot of products recently.
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
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10/18/18 04:13 PM
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So maybe the time of grinding stock heads and polishing rods isn't over, finding horsepower in stock parts is an art buying parts is an absession.
Have a great day
Iowan
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: Roughbird72]
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10/18/18 04:19 PM
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Economics 101, the customer will always cover the costs.
If you've been paying attention, prices have increased on a lot of products recently. A lot of products/ services have went way down as well Televisions Cameras Cell phone plans Airline tickets Computers Toys Kids clothing Appliances Apples..... no kidding Solar panels Books CD’s Just to name a few....... And many cars have went down in real cost compared to inflation as well. Camry, Corrola and Honda Odyessey to name a few
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: It's going to be alot more expensive to build an engine soon
[Re: B3422W5]
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10/18/18 04:25 PM
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Economics 101, the customer will always cover the costs.
If you've been paying attention, prices have increased on a lot of products recently. A lot of products/ services have went way down as well Televisions Cameras Cell phone plans Airline tickets Computers Toys Kids clothing Appliances Apples..... no kidding Solar panels Books CD’s Just to name a few....... And many cars have went down in real cost compared to inflation as well. Camry, Corrola and Honda Odyessey to name a few This is, in fact how the economy SHOULD operate. Over time, as costs go down, manufacturing techniques are developed to produce products cheaper a quicker come along, prices should go down. As you pointed out above, some have. And in fact, most likely should have come down more. They don't because of the hidden tax of inflation. Prices don't really go up. What is happening, the value of the money you have is going down.
Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston
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