Imo i have the best parts in my oem driveline and i can easily get twice that much in the best parts for a open driveline truck so no a good open driveline setup is not cheaper
Comparing apples and oranges. The best(est) OEM upgraded driveline will pale in comparision to the best(est) open driveline. A standard rockwell will live well past an OEM axle, but an OEM axle can be built stronger than a standard rockwell, at what point of money and input power make OEM axles a financial downfall?
If anyone has followed the gasser "trash" classes long enough, you saw what is happening to the current diesel classes......history repeating itself.
It comes down to a certain power level will dictate when an open driveline would have been cheaper (from the start) than an OEM driveline. Staying a safe distance below that threshold would be best. Problem is everyone keeps pushing and once that threshold is passed, the guys who spent a ton of cash upgrading their OEM drivelines don't want to go open driveline (and will fight rules making it easier for new guys to go open driveline), yet they were the one's who built their rigs to the point of surpassing them (catch 22).
Back the original topic. A cheaper/easier turbo to tech/build would be great, it would also be great if it was used as a safeguard against against letting power reach destruction levels (sized appropriately for driveline).
What's the difference if you have 200HP and your oponent has 201HP, or you have 400HP and your oponent has 402HP, or you have 600HP and your oponent has 603HP, etc. etc. As your power increases, so does your oponents. The limiting factor is money, why make it retardedly expensive to compete. Pulling used to be about innovation in a garage somewhere with one guy trying to outdo another, now the innovation happens at a turbo/pump manufacturer and everyone PAYS if they want a chance to win.
Gone are the days of driving and chassis innovation, it's all about if I didn't win, I need to buy more power....
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