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Originally Posted by mountainstar
Based on everything I know "spec racing" doesn't save any money. It just puts it into the pockets of a select few. There used to be a little niche industry in Indianapolis of manufacturing and fabricating parts for teams. That's all gone or shifted to other industries. And some of the teams used to fabricate their own stuff which was cheaper and faster than getting a "spec" part from overseas. In many cases those local suppliers could make things for 70% less than what it's going to cost you to buy it from the "spec car" company.
People have been brainwashed into this whole "spec car" thing as being cheaper and it's like one of those internet wisdom memes that goes around with no one questioning it or having any knowledge of what the frick they are talking about.
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This is the absolute truth in my experience too, spec series are just a licence for the "spec car" company to print money.
If you want a spec series, spec the blueprints and let anyone build the car! Multiple suppliers of parts are the secret to economy of supply.