Out of curiosity what are the cost differences

pittsburghracer said
I can’t believe what it used to cost to have a cage put in. My 82 charger was a pro street car when I bought it. It was a very slow B1 engine car. Very slow. I did some upgrades to it and had a friend tear out the cage and put a chrome moly cage in it. He did a beautiful job for 1100.00. I had it running 10.0’s with a stock crank 440 with 906 heads i
Ported.

I don't think you can get the raw material for a moly cage for $1100 today!

(And how come the B1 was so slow?)

The one my friend built in my garage ended up going low 8s

That's my Tina in the background, before the gray paintjob.