Every few months I receive a new Summit Racing catalog in the mail (I bought a LOT from them when I was gathering parts for my 496). Usually I toss out the old and keep the new. For some reason I tossed out the new last time, but this time, I decided to compare prices over the 6 months between catalogs.

As we all know, the lying thieving overpaid scum in charge of things at GM have ridden it right into the ground, and now the taxpayers are rewarding them for it.

And as we all know, we are still in a recession. Might be a glimmer of hope on the horizon, but good times are not yet back.

So you would think prices would be lower, to attract buyers, eh?

Here's data from the Summit catalogs - I have included data from some other non GM remanufactured engines, as well as a few standard go-fast parts:

Price changes		SOURCE: Summit Racing catalogs
			Catalog ending date - Price
Mfg	Parts	H.P.	Oct. 31, 2009	April 30, 2010	Change
GM (complete crate engines)	ZZ572	620	$   12,899.95	$   14,289.95	$     1,390.00	11%
	ZZ502	502	$     8,299.95	$     9,045.95	$       746.00	9%
	454 H.O.	425	$     5,499.95	$     5,995.95	$       496.00	9%
	ZZ4	355	$     4,099.95	$     4,455.95	$       356.00	9%
	ZZ383	425	$     5,159.95	$     5,609.95	$       450.00	9%
Blueprint (complete crate engines, dressed)	355 Vortec	385	$     4,895.00	$     4,295.00	$      (600.00)	-12%
	383 stroker	405	$     5,195.00	$     4,195.00	$   (1,000.00)	-19%
	496 stroker	480	$     7,595.00	$     7,595.00	$              -	0%
	Ford 347	330	$     5,095.00	$     5,095.00	$              -	0%
	Chrylser 408	375	$     5,495.00	$     5,495.00	$              -	0%
MSD	6-AL		$       203.95	$       197.95	$          (6.00)	-3%
MSD	Digital-7		$       539.95	$       523.95	$        (16.00)	-3%
Edelbrock	RPM Air-Gap	SBC	$       219.95	$       209.95	$        (10.00)	-5%
Holley	4150 600 cfm		$       339.95	$       339.95	$              -	0%

By the way, now is the time to buy that complete (carb, distributor, everything, dyno tested) 383 stroker!

Dave