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The Stupidity of "Buy American:" The Case Against Economic Protectionism
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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1651413" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>2009 was the last season where the spec was open enough to be based on anything else. Even then, the Fords were the only ones that were similar to anything other than Chevy from 2006 through 2009, and in that particular case they were a hybrid of Windsors and Clevelands.</p><p></p><p>In 2010, the spec was tightened up significantly to the point where some of the smaller teams were running $100K crates and still able to be decently competitive. The current spec uses the best traits from the previous Chevy, Ford, Dodge, and Toyota engines, but the majority of what is in the spec is from the Chevy engine (specifically the R07). But the teams do have a certain level of freedom keeping it from being a pure spec engine, and each make tends to trend different way because of manufacturer-level R&D.</p><p></p><p>But if you want the best of the best of the best, you'll just go buy a Hendrick-built engine with a technical support contract.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1651413, member: 5151"] 2009 was the last season where the spec was open enough to be based on anything else. Even then, the Fords were the only ones that were similar to anything other than Chevy from 2006 through 2009, and in that particular case they were a hybrid of Windsors and Clevelands. In 2010, the spec was tightened up significantly to the point where some of the smaller teams were running $100K crates and still able to be decently competitive. The current spec uses the best traits from the previous Chevy, Ford, Dodge, and Toyota engines, but the majority of what is in the spec is from the Chevy engine (specifically the R07). But the teams do have a certain level of freedom keeping it from being a pure spec engine, and each make tends to trend different way because of manufacturer-level R&D. But if you want the best of the best of the best, you'll just go buy a Hendrick-built engine with a technical support contract. [/QUOTE]
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