Class 5 only

[JRV 511]

I'll be there helping with the new class 10 buggy.

Haters gonna hate

I'll should be able to head out there too

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[JRV 511]

Motor is out getting a new cam and prep for dyno run...gotta put her back together.

Don't feel bad , my motor likes to tear up cam shafts as well

[Zac Reish]

You guys are terrible. I'm guessing he's just changing it. I'll be in lake. Literally in lake mead. I have a dilemma I'll be bringing up later tonight with my car that I want your opinions on. It has to do with rebuilding my old chassis and all thats involved, building, a new 5 car chassis to switch all my parts off of. Or nothing and have a 10 car in the more near Or later future

[frostbite36]

Ohhhh the irony.

Wheezy, have you decided which way you are going, in the mean time, with your motor on the Baja? Did you pick up an ECOTEC or are you gonna run the type-1 for now? Will the Bug be ready for the Midnight race?

[5racer]

Don't feel bad , my motor likes to tear up cam shafts as well

jim i was eating cams also tell i had brothers sleeve my lifter bores with bronze and run light wieght t-1 lifters no problems after that .also changed springs to .

[frostbite36]

You guys are terrible. I'm guessing he's just changing it.

The cam was fine, wear-wise, but was not where we needed to be lift and duration-wise. I assemble my own motors and have done so for many years, so the only investment was some gaskets, silicone sealant, gaska-cinch, and my and my team-mate's time. Both FAT Performance and Adam Wiks confirmed I needed to run a different cam, so that was the reason for my team-down. The lifters, on the other hand, had a little of pitting on the face! I ended up going with an Engle W-125 and the CB performance light-weight "race" lifters. As soon as I get her assembled, I'll be doing a dyno run to get it at peak performance with the new cam. A dyno run appears to be a relatively inexpensive investment at this point with the new class-12 engine "option" development.

[JRV 511]

jim i was eating cams also tell i had brothers sleeve my lifter bores with bronze and run light wieght t-1 lifters no problems after that .also changed springs to .

We did the same thing , but it will still flatten them a little we are just replacing it once a year or now a days every 2500 miles or so

[Zac Reish]

http://www.desertrides.com/forum/vie...hp?f=8&t=11504

Can you guys weigh in on this and tell me what I should do?

[Matt Mead]

http://www.desertrides.com/forum/vie...hp?f=8&t=11504

Can you guys weigh in on this and tell me what I should do?

I think your answer to all the options is right here - " Cons:
cant responsibly spend that amount of money till the end of the year (would be cutting into my businesses rainy day/employee/bidding f up money)".

I've been listening to a financial genius on the radio and now on the internet for many years. Today is "Money Monday" on his show so your quote above stuck out. He recommends having at least 1 year of what he calls the "F you fund" (meaning if you quit). Since you own your own growing business that would mean more of a "rainy day" fund, or you know, if somehow the business started drying up. I *suck* at managing my own money even though I give everyone advice and I could only WISH I had a 1 year F-you fund when I quit in February this year. I had clients on the side that wanted some big work done after I quit....and I made some good money for a few months, but it dried up almost 100% after that and I suck at advertising. Now I'm selling everything I own just to get by while searching for a job. So whatever you do, make damn sure you can afford to build what you want to build! Don't go credit card racing like I did last year either!

[JRV 511]

http://www.desertrides.com/forum/vie...hp?f=8&t=11504

Can you guys weigh in on this and tell me what I should do?

I think we all know that building a new car is your most expensive option , 5 or ten , in your case you have more parts for a ten car than a five car but are they the right parts for a competitive 10 car , the car I raced last year was very competitive but also extremely expensive, every single part on that car was purchased with weight in mind , so you want the toughest parts and the lightest parts to even be able to compete also a ten car has to be driven at the max all the time, and I mean at its max!!! (MORE 500 last year 10 cars were 2nd and third over all , and we lost by 32 seconds)

I think your best bet (if we get the engine rule) is to find a 5 car chassis , there are a ton of them out there and some realy nice ones for cheap