Tom did mention pricing at the tech session, said they were still shooting for the $2300-2500 range and they were still working on improving the oiling.If he can't get pricing into the 2k range it may fail. We'll continue to see guys putting Chevy V8's into their cars due to cost vs power.
Only the hardcore racers need to make the switch to V8 power because of the et's you see now. The V6 market should be in the 700-1200hp range which is where he'll sell the most blocks..
Correct me if I am wrong,but is the Chevrolet racing V-6 over 300ci?
Actually Tom said $2500-$2800 there is no way to get it cheaper, ther is just not enough demand to make the quanity needed to get the price down. Some racers may go to Chevy power since it is cheaper and potentially faster but most Buick guys don't want a "cross dresser" and want Buick V6 powerplants. Noting against the chevy deal but it is two completely different markets.
Mike
I had thought of building a Chevy V8 with the Nascar Buick heads. Nascar called it a Buick...would it be legal at BG???
It doesn't matter anyway, you could only run Q16 and I don't care for that.
If attendance drops as much over the next few years as it did this year, they will be begging anybody to show up. Who wants to attend this event every year and see the same show, with less cars and people?? I go to see friend's and hang out. As a racer I got tired of paying $250 or so for a greasy track in the day time. Late afternoon and night when the track finally comes around they shut it down. There must be a lot more people who feel that way, Thursday staging looked like Tuesday in years past. I love this event and don't want to see it go.
Dusty,
Everything you are saying is true, but the reality of the situation is this. To get the price at $2000 you would have to make more blocks than you could sell in a lifetime. No one could afford to make all those blocks and store them somewhere waiting for them to sell. Just because you can make a Chevy block for $1800 (only GM can do that) does not mean that a Buick can be made anywhere near than cost. I highly doubt when you figure in the tooling cost that Chanpion can even make a block for $1800. I know when I looked at doing in it was going to cost about $2000 each for 100 blocks and that was 7 years ago.
Mike