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When is cheap not cheap? #496519 10/13/09 07:21 PM 10/13/09 07:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,406 Diego-Town, CA Diego_Ted OP master
Diego_Ted OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,406 Diego-Town, CA	I know �some� racers will spend any amount, any time any place for almost any reason. Me on the other hand, I have to really be shown the $$ need to be spent and that there is no other alternative that will achieve the same or almost the same results for a lesser amount of money. Then are times like today that I just can not believe what I just spent hard earned cash on!! I needed a vent for my Alky tank and was told I needed the 8an size. So I go down to the "discount" liquidators and ask for 1 bulkhead connector, 1 90* hose fitting, and 3' of hose all 8an. The total came to $60!! I am sure I could have achieved the same results with $3 worth of home depot hardware, a piece of fuel line and a hose clamp!! Oh yea I needed to buy a nut for the bulkhead connector!! I am not sure why, cause the NUT was the one handing over his credit card!! Diego Last edited by Diego_Ted; 10/13/09 07:22 PM.

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: Diego_Ted] #496520 10/13/09 07:35 PM 10/13/09 07:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	When is cheap not cheap? when you cheap out and have to do it twice

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: Diego_Ted] #496521 10/13/09 07:46 PM 10/13/09 07:46 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Quote: I know �some� racers will spend any amount, any time any place for almost any reason. Me on the other hand, I have to really be shown the $$ need to be spent and that there is no other alternative that will achieve the same or almost the same results for a lesser amount of money. Then are times like today that I just can not believe what I just spent hard earned cash on!! I needed a vent for my Alky tank and was told I needed the 8an size. So I go down to the "discount" liquidators and ask for 1 bulkhead connector, 1 90* hose fitting, and 3' of hose all 8an. The total came to $60!! I am su re I could have achieved the same results with $3 worth of home depot hardware, a piece of fuel line and a hose clamp!! Oh yea I needed to buy a nut for the bulkhead connector!! I am not sure why, cause the NUT was the one handing over his credit card!! Diego I agree with you whole heartedly. I look baakc on things in my car that were musts to make it run better and ET better. I can list about 1000$ or more of these that accomplished little or no gain waht so ever and what there was was so little that it sure wasn't worth the investment.

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: MoparforLife] #496522 10/13/09 08:02 PM 10/13/09 08:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,449 nc E earthmover top fuel
earthmover top fuel E Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,449 nc	just this weekend I had to repair the hyd. hose on my dump truck took it to the local napa store cut out 6'' and put back 1 foot and 3 end one on the old pipe one on the new pipe to conn. to the old pipe and the end to conn. to the pump. $78.00 for 1 foot and 3 ends, sound bad dont it then I had to buy fluid to go back in so far 3 1/2 buckets @ 45.00 per bucket still need 2 more ...where does it end sorry thought this was a good place to vent

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: earthmover] #496523 10/13/09 08:17 PM 10/13/09 08:17 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,067 Orlando Florida blown572dart master
blown572dart master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,067 Orlando Florida	I will not tell you how much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in hoses and fittings I burned up. It would make you sick. It about made me Last edited by blown572dart; 10/13/09 08:19 PM.

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: blown572dart] #496524 10/13/09 08:40 PM 10/13/09 08:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,596 BX, CT, FL. B B1KILLER pro stock
B1KILLER pro stock B Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,596 BX, CT, FL.	When you end up paying more da 2nd time you do something, to do it right.

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: B1KILLER] #496525 10/13/09 08:48 PM 10/13/09 08:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida rickstershemi master
rickstershemi master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida	Cheap and Racing are never to be used in the same sentence Rickster

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: rickstershemi] #496526 10/13/09 09:22 PM 10/13/09 09:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,825 Sk. Canada RemCharger master
RemCharger master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,825 Sk. Canada	Another old saying is "If it don't go, chrome it!". I personally don't support paying thru the nose for bling-bling (or whatever they call it). The NHRA has a list of acceptable hoses that don't cost an unreasonable amount.

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: RemCharger] #496527 10/13/09 09:51 PM 10/13/09 09:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc E emarine01 master
emarine01 master E Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc	Only bling on my mud motor is on the inside

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: MoparforLife] #496528 10/13/09 09:58 PM 10/13/09 09:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,226 Park Forest, IL slantzilla Too Many Posts
slantzilla Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,226 Park Forest, IL	Quote: I can list about 1000$ or more of these that accomplished little or no gain waht so ever and what there was was so little that it sure wasn't worth the investment. I was involved in ordering parts for a Nostalgia Pro Street Camaro a couple years ago. $1500 for titanium bolts to take 3 pounds off the car. The car did set the record on motor only in a nitrous class though. "Everybody funny, now you funny too."

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: Diego_Ted] #496529 10/13/09 10:22 PM 10/13/09 10:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,352 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,352 Bend,OR USA	Ted, was that AN hose and fittings Teflon? I hope it was as it is a lot more money than the neopreme hose and fittings, but the Teflon is well worth the money It will not die young or come apart on you and it has a lot higher melting temps. and pressure rating than the same size neopreme Cheap and quality are not the same thing anywhere in business, racing, medicine and a lot of other things we deal with every day. Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: Cab_Burge] #496530 10/14/09 01:33 AM 10/14/09 01:33 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,518 pacific northwest S Stroker Scamp master
Stroker Scamp master S Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,518 pacific northwest	your just as sick as the rest of us, footbrake N/A SB 408 Scamp 10.10 @ 132 street/strip 73 Duster 340 street strip 12.79 @ 105

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: blown572dart] #496531 10/14/09 07:53 AM 10/14/09 07:53 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,207 Menomonee Falls DemonDust master
DemonDust master Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,207 Menomonee Falls	Quote: I will not tell you how much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in hoses and fittings I burned up. It would make you sick. It about made me I bet I can guess pretty close Yeah, when I started plumbing my engine I had to buy 20 AN fittings at almost $100 a fitting i was ready to I guess it goes back to the old saying, if you wanna play you gotta pay..... SDG Motorsports Hellcat Demon and Redeye Supercharger CNC Porting https://www.sdgmotorsports.com/

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: DemonDust] #496532 10/14/09 09:15 AM 10/14/09 09:15 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,406 Diego-Town, CA Diego_Ted OP master
Diego_Ted OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,406 Diego-Town, CA	No I do agree to a point that if you want to play you have to pay!! But in my case, I think I really could have gotten away with $10 worth of parts and the result would be the same!! So was I stupid to spend the extra $50 to avoid looking mexicant, red neck, getto or whatever you want to call it. My Dad would have used the Home Depot parts and never given it a second thought!! Diego

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: Diego_Ted] #496533 10/14/09 09:25 AM 10/14/09 09:25 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,131 Amarillo, Texas BBR master
BBR master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,131 Amarillo, Texas	I hear what you are saying Ted. Sometimes I think we are just conditioned to think we have to have certain costly parts when in fact, they are just plain not necessary. Aftermarket = Pavlov Us = dog Drag Week 2011 - 77th place - DD Drag Week 2012 - 2nd place SRBB N/A Drag Week 2014 - Kapooya RMRW 2018 RMRW 2020

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: BBR] #496534 10/14/09 09:41 AM 10/14/09 09:41 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc E emarine01 master
emarine01 master E Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc	I found that Aeroquip makes good products cheeper, dosent have the < Bling > but has better specs

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: BBR] #496535 10/14/09 09:42 AM 10/14/09 09:42 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast B BobR master
BobR master B Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast	Our cost(not counting help from sponsors) to maintain our car this season was 5 thousand per month(parts only) with 2 months to go. There are cars in our class who's total was much higher. How fast do you want to go and how competitive do you want to be?

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: BobR] #496536 10/14/09 09:43 AM 10/14/09 09:43 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,406 Diego-Town, CA Diego_Ted OP master
Diego_Ted OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,406 Diego-Town, CA	Bob, this was for a vent? Diego

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: BobR] #496537 10/14/09 09:46 AM 10/14/09 09:46 AM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,169 Virginia Beach, VA O Old School super stock
Old School super stock O Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,169 Virginia Beach, VA	Quote: Our cost(not counting help from sponsors) to maintain our car this season was 5 thousand per month(parts only) with 2 months to go. There are cars in our class who's total was much higher. How fast do you want to go and how competitive do you want to be? yeah,it comes down to how fast can you afford to go? 68 cuda formula S 588" bb 5sp 70 CUDA CONVERT 500" 5SP (SUBLIME) 70 CUDA CONVERT 500" 5SP (PLUMCRAZY):TOO MUCH HORSEPOWER, IS ALMOST ENOUGH!

Re: When is cheap not cheap? [Re: Diego_Ted] #496538 10/14/09 09:52 AM 10/14/09 09:52 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast B BobR master
BobR master B Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast	Quote: Bob, this was for a vent? Diego Went to Burns SS a few weeks back and got 2 4.5" SS mufflers. Then I picked up 2 4.5" SS turndowns. Total cost over 800 bucks. We used them for 2 races then did the exact same thing with 5 inchers. This stuff isn't even figured in the maint. costs. We've burned through 3 sets of headers this season. Average cost 2000 per set. We finally got some heavy wall SS headers that only cost us 3000 bucks. Do you know how much Racepak sensors cost? We have a drawer full of them just in case. Fuel pump cable drive. 900 bucks. We have 2. I could go on and on.

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