SB Road Racing/Nascar/Sprint Car/Reving BUDGET BUILD

SB Road Racing/Nascar/Sprint Car/Reving BUDGET BUILD

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SRT_DSTRHOLC said
I should have been more clear. This won't be a race "only" car. I am looking to build an engine from stock to full or mostly aftermarket part and enjoy the process of going from stock to fully modified or not.

Ditto, love the process.

When I say "budget" I mean, I would like to build an engine, regardless of how many times I may have to change the bearings or gaskets, that will allow me to run at the track and enjoy it.

IF I could use all stock parts from any year of 5.9 or 5.2, etc with mix and matching stock parts and then upgrade to a air gap or M1 intake do so. My main idea is to R&D the process of what actually works and doesn't for "my style" of driving and car build.

I know that I could build a full R3 race engine and be good to go, but a lot of people starting out with these cars don't have the money to do that, so I want to go back to my roots of hot rodding and enjoy the process of a single cam change or a intake change or a manifold to header change and see how it effects the car overall. IT is a lengthy process, but to be honest, I like the process progress.

Gotcha! On the same page!

The machine work is something that I am willing to spend money on, but I want to do it in order instead of building the engine from start. I want to do a full car build from ground zero up mainly because the first engine I built was with the EGO of just wanting to go fast. This time I want to understand each part of the process. Also, I have looked at going to school to do machine working, but at the moment, I have no problem paying for that work. Assembly I have done.

I am a person who likes to do my own work, but when I need to ask for help I will, but I enjoy the hot rod process of trial and error

Myself as well. Know it all I am for surely not!

SRT_DSTRHOLC said
Here is a question for ALL of you.

What are the pros and cons of making power in HIGHER RPM vs the pros and cons of making power in the LOWER RPM range? (Aside from racing class rules)

I don’t know of a RPM limiting class until you get to… NHRA Pro Stock I think it is where Chevy cried a river because they can’t out RPM a HEMI to try to out power the HEMI for more HP.

The con of high rpm high output is accelerated wear.
The con of lower rpm output is a cost lost in HP.

Think of RPM as a hammer hitting a nail. The more times you can strike the mail, the faster you drive it into the wood. This is why guys will chase a high rpm engine. The more times you can get the piston to fire per second is going to provide more power per second causing the car to cover more ground quicker like the hammer hitting the mail faster.

People will build a stroker because the longer stroke is like hitting the mail harder with a hammer. But it will hit the mail less times per second since it takes time to rotate the assembly because the stroke is longer.

Of course it’s possible to build a stroker that will turn 8K, but obviously out of the scope of the build idea and feel.