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Subject: Re: Budget build, what are you giving up? by jsup on 2008/11/27 21:47:45
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bogus wrote: I had an interesting conversation with Dave McClellan last spring. He is on the board of directors of Mosler, they make the MT900 super car.
Dave's take is simple: use OEM parts where available. Most aftermarket manufacturers do not have the time or money to be sure a product is going to have the long term durability that we really demand.
It also comes back to my bitch about parts cost. Be it a crank or what not (and I know for a fact that the high-dollar cranks are forged here in the states), I don't care what it costs if it works.
And this is not a new issue. Back in the 50s, when Ferrari was almost affordable, it cost $300.00 for a new V12 crank, whereas a SBC crank was only $30.00!
I never said it was a new phenomena. I am saying that in the 50s while Edelbrock was making his name there were a bunch of "rat rods" as they were called done on skinny budgets with parts you can dig up. Hot Rodder guys.
Today, the difference is lots of choices, perhaps too many. As Danspeed points out his accumulation of fancy parts did not end up in a modded car, another project sacrificed on the alter of shiny parts, Dan's words.
Would have been more satisfying for him to have done the mods, i'm guessing, with less shiny parts. And I think, that would have been cool.
My point is that if there were a collective understanding of substance over style, perhaps there would be more of this going on, which would be really cool. It would drive more innovation.
