Australi_Yan

Hey everyone. Thanks Alan for introducing me to this forum. What Alan said about the home prepped cars is very interesting. I was recently in a conversation with a man who's father raced a home built Z. His racing career ended like Sakurais. Interesting to think about that at the time a stock 432 demanded a much higher price than a standard L equipped Z. Now the men building these cars at home did not always have the budget to race with 432s. Some of the L series cars were built on a very low specs with low budget that barely made the cut. Where as factory cars were built with no holds barred. Even though these cars were built for the same category where they really built to the same level? Personally I think you should not base the success of a car on a single race. Nor the legacy they leave behind due to it. Racers have bad days and good days. Just like how the Ferrari had a 1st, 2nd, 3rd finish at Daytona with the P4's during a time when they were not considered a main competitor. Does this make the P4 a good car? Not really. They never achieved the same wins that they did in 67 ever again. Respect the car for what it is. Winner or looser. Unfortunately we will never know which is the "better" engine but at least it allows us to have conversations like this hah.