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    #166
    Originally posted by mizone View Post
    Hypothetical question. Say I have a XR6T ute at drag week with the small U Haul trailer. Can I have a spare motor in the trailer if the motor lets go?

    What about a spare gearbox? Apart from the physical problems with carting around the spares is there anything you can't swap out on failure?
    lutz? last year went through 3 or something?
    This is a post i wrote by mistake, which is nice...

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      #167
      Originally posted by ALLMTR View Post
      I don't have a problem with it but I'd pull out of the event and just use it to get home lol

      Edit: imagine trying to get a Barra short motor in Kentucky
      Yeah I guess using a Barra engine would cause issues. Personally I'd use something I could get parts for in the US.

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        #168
        Originally posted by ALLMTR View Post
        You can swap out a motor if you have terminal failure but you can't swap motors for the drive and then swap back to your good motor to race. Swapping out anything else is no problem
        What about if you resurrected the old BloBak?
        Race Motor? Street Motor? Whynothaveboth.jpg
        "Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."

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          #169
          Originally posted by blownhemi View Post
          Would make more sense to leave it there.
          Unless he shipped it on a Carnet and it has to leave the country?
          "Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."

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            #170
            I don't think a Carnet has a time limit
            I own a two and a half litre Commodore

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              #171
              Maybe no time limit but that's a lot of money to have tied up, so maybe he shipped it back to release those funds.

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                #172
                Originally posted by Gammaboy View Post
                Unless he shipped it on a Carnet and it has to leave the country?
                Two years I hear, technically one year but can be extended another year without bringing the car back. This was in the uk/europe tho.

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                  #173
                  Originally posted by blownhemi View Post
                  Maybe no time limit but that's a lot of money to have tied up, so maybe he shipped it back to release those funds.
                  I got quoted $1800 for a $25k car
                  I own a two and a half litre Commodore

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                    #174
                    Originally posted by ALLMTR View Post
                    I got quoted $1800 for a $25k car
                    Okay, Arby reckons he got quoted $30K for WAR440

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                      #175
                      Originally posted by blownhemi View Post
                      Okay, Arby reckons he got quoted $30K for WAR440
                      He needs to give me a ring

                      I have the hookups for shipping cars.

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                        #176
                        Actually, thinking back, that was through a broker who keeps roughly half. Basically he's insuring or bonding you on bringing it back
                        I own a two and a half litre Commodore

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                          #177
                          Originally posted by ALLMTR View Post
                          I don't think a Carnet has a time limit
                          There are other restrictions, though. Car can't be sold in that country, you can't leave that country without the car,etc

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                            #178
                            To be on the level of Larson/Lutz etc is a huge thing, but I don't think doing it in a low 8 sec/165mph car would be thaatt hard/expense wouldn't be huge. Would be a hell of a trip.

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                              #179
                              Originally posted by Marv View Post
                              He needs to give me a ring

                              I have the hookups for shipping cars.
                              the 30k is for the carnet aint it, not the actual shipping.

                              Don't mention the adBlocker !!

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                                #180
                                Originally posted by Gammaboy View Post
                                Unless he shipped it on a Carnet and it has to leave the country?
                                Apparently the US doesn't require a Carnet.

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