Originally posted by crimpton:
The cars I see have full roll cages, fiberglass body panels, Plexi windshields, tubular crash bars all the way around etc.... There is a lot of work that goes into the cars that I see racing on the circle tracks around here. As was noted earlier, you will have to talk to your local tracks and/or veteran racers to find out what kind of safety measures they will expect on your car, AND you as a driver.
Yeah I assumed he knew about roll cages. Also need fuel cells, battery tie-downs, etc.
But I think his question was more whether a 5.0L engine would compete with what the other guys are running (small blocks maybe?). I really have no idea...