Re: Thinking of getting out....
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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07/23/24 05:27 PM
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A collage of whims
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In my case, if and when the car thing gets overwhelming, I slim it down - sounds like a lot of hot rods, expensive & fast, to juggle.
Most of the guys I used to race with are gone, and when I moved 20 years ago, it was just me and the low-10-sec car as far as drag racing. And the tow was pretty crappy. Eventually I felt I just needed to pull back, and do a street/strip slower car (less maintenance & expense). I moved again, to where there's a nicer track fairly close by, and am building the "slow car" that should be a more casual effort.
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Re: Thinking of getting out....
[Re: topside]
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07/25/24 01:57 PM
07/25/24 01:57 PM
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In my case, if and when the car thing gets overwhelming, I slim it down - sounds like a lot of hot rods, expensive & fast, to juggle.
Most of the guys I used to race with are gone, and when I moved 20 years ago, it was just me and the low-10-sec car as far as drag racing. And the tow was pretty crappy. Eventually I felt I just needed to pull back, and do a street/strip slower car (less maintenance & expense). I moved again, to where there's a nicer track fairly close by, and am building the "slow car" that should be a more casual effort. Kinda where I was at last year.....This year, things just hit the fan even worse.
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Re: Thinking of getting out....
[Re: Dragula]
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07/25/24 09:46 PM
07/25/24 09:46 PM
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Posts: 43,637 Bend,OR USA
Cab_Burge
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I got mad at NHRA in 1988 after they factor 10 more HP on my 1963 M.W. stocker. I sold my three drag cars and took up flying, found out that it was a lot of work to get my private license and normal flying wasn't much fun ![shruggy shruggy](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/shruggy.gif) It was a faster than driving but you had to rent a car when you got where to were you were visiting: whiney ![shruggy shruggy](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/shruggy.gif) : I did spin a trainer accidently and finally let go of the controls and it recovered on its own like had been told it would do in the training, ![up up](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/thumbs_up.gif) My next 1.8 hours in training was in an aerobatic trainer learning to recover (some aerobatic maneuvers also ![up up](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/thumbs_up.gif) ) from unusual flight positions, that was a real kick in the pants ![up up](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/thumbs_up.gif) My message is the flying was fun but expensive and after flying a bunch of hours ( 1100+) I lost the drive to do it for fun ![work work](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/work.gif) I'm back drag racing at 79 yrs. old, I'm thinking of stopping that again ![work work](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/work.gif) Step back and give it some time before rushing on making any decisions on your future and fun ![twocents twocents](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/twocents.gif)
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Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: Thinking of getting out....
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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07/26/24 12:03 PM
07/26/24 12:03 PM
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justinp61
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I'm 63 and have been considering selling my Dart for a couple years now. It's a pump gas street/strip deal that I initially bracket raced for a few years, I started with a 340 running 7.20's, then a 408 running 6.50's to the current 434 running 6.20's. When the heads up street car stuff started, and I ran it and did well for a couple years. The car is naturally aspirated and does well if I'm running other naturally aspirated cars and there lies the rub. For the last few years, the local tracks have lumped all the cars together, power adders and non power adders. My last race I made the 16 car field, there was one other n/a car in the class. I made it down to four cars, the other three were blown late model Mustangs. That was two years ago and the cars are much faster now so my small block would be fodder for the power adder cars.
I don't care to bracket race and rarely drive the car now. It requires very little maintenance, an oil change and run the valves once a year and it's ready to go. The plugs last for several years, it doesn't get hot or have any issues on the street. I just think it's time to move on or for a change. The only reason I haven't tried to sell it is because I don't want to deal with the idiots that have no serious intentions about buying it.
I'm thinking I'd like to have a nice mid 70's to a mid 80's short wheel base truck with a/c or a later 6.4l Challenger.
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Re: Thinking of getting out....
[Re: justinp61]
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07/26/24 01:03 PM
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I'm 63 and have been considering selling my Dart for a couple years now. It's a pump gas street/strip deal that I initially bracket raced for a few years, I started with a 340 running 7.20's, then a 408 running 6.50's to the current 434 running 6.20's. When the heads up street car stuff started, and I ran it and did well for a couple years. The car is naturally aspirated and does well if I'm running other naturally aspirated cars and there lies the rub. For the last few years, the local tracks have lumped all the cars together, power adders and non power adders. My last race I made the 16 car field, there was one other n/a car in the class. I made it down to four cars, the other three were blown late model Mustangs. That was two years ago and the cars are much faster now so my small block would be fodder for the power adder cars.
I don't care to bracket race and rarely drive the car now. It requires very little maintenance, an oil change and run the valves once a year and it's ready to go. The plugs last for several years, it doesn't get hot or have any issues on the street. I just think it's time to move on or for a change. The only reason I haven't tried to sell it is because I don't want to deal with the idiots that have no serious intentions about buying it.
I'm thinking I'd like to have a nice mid 70's to a mid 80's short wheel base truck with a/c or a later 6.4l Challenger. Sort of the situation I'm in w/ my cuda. I've always done headsup stuff. I used to do OK in the streetcar shootouts when I just ran all motor, but got tired of getting outrun by power adder cars. So I put on the spray, but I'm always a day late and a dollar short. I do pretty good against other nitrous cars, but the turbo guys are in the 4s (1/8 mile stuff here). I have no desire to do what's required to go faster w/ my car. I run the Mopar KOS deal occasionally b/c it's been fun, even though I know I'm just donating to the pot and usually out in the first round. As entry fees and the cost of everything else rises, it's making me really question what I'm doing. I don't take the car to the track more than 2 or 3 times a year now. To be honest, one of my most fun track days was running a bracket race. I have my dad's road runner and my 454SS truck that I usually play around w/ on the street. I enjoy that as much as anything else.
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon 340, no drivetrain, on blocks behind the barn '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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