lol... I still say the numbers dont add up for me using his application as a guide, and I respectfully disagree with your reasoning. That's all. Two different ways to skin a cat. ET based on power and drag car, and power and street car. I base this on the fact that the car you are talking about is a pure drag car. 5.86 gearing? Are you kidding me? How can that even possibly relate to real world? Place that 322 in a car with full muffled exhaust with street headers (not the track decibel allowed, but a street system), gear it with 3.55s and a 2500 convertor and see how it runs. As far as yout costs... You are down south, where dollars go much farther. My impression is your shop is not "state of the art". Which is fine because you can personally produce the high quality work. As far as me and my overhead... I bought a new farm tractor after I bought my farm back in the divorce. (finalized a month ago...) That's overhead I guess... Otherwise, I have none. The pricing I pay is local retail on machining and parts... plus shipping and taxes. I make my money of assembly, break-in, and sonic testing. The shop I use for all my machining is Larry's Auto Machine,
www.larryspower.com, which just moved into a brand new building that IS state of the art. Maybe that's why the prices are so high. But, Gary has every gadget he needs to consistently machine ultra high quality stuff. Well, almost all. My cranks go to Rick "Smiley" Smilnac at Crankshafts Incorporated. He was one of my teachers in the late 80s and is THE man for crank work around me. I believe in paying for the quality. Maybe you should raise your rates :D?
