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Shoot maybe I should buy it.
 

racer47

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racer47

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The second one is closer to what I want. I want a Ford Racing built serialized car relatively unmolested. No fuel cell. If a 13 it has to be seam welded. It will be used for track days only. Like the one @Bill Pemberton purchased.

If you want a track day car, I think you should really look into a GT1 car. They are so much better than any production based car, its hard for me to put it all into words. They are way faster, safer, easier to adjust, easier and cheaper to maintain. You've driven plenty of street cars. You (and everyone reading this) really should try a real race car.

https://www.racingjunk.com/GT/18296...s-Am-Camaro.html?category_id=83&np_offset=2#1

This car is selling for $65k. In 5 years it will still be worth 65k. Its fully sorted, no brake issues, no trans issues, no factory electrical bs and has a motor that any race motor builder can freshen up. Yeah its a camaro. So what. When you are in the drivers seat all you know is that you are in the baddest car that you've ever been in. This is what a real closed wheel, production based body, race car looks like.

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JDee

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What are consumables cost wise for those cars vs OEM style cars? I would think pads and rotors are going to be pricey. Hubs, wheel bearings? Shocks rebuildable? Is the service life for parts better than OEM type given that they're parts designed for race use?
 

racer47

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Its hard to compare apples to apples but I ran GT1 for 10yrs while my buddy ran showroom stock and he spent quite a bit more than I did. Some race parts cost more, some less but they seldom fail and always last longer.

Any stock car based road racer is very cost effective because there so many companies that make parts.
 

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