Car value after tracking?

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Originally Posted by jsceash

... wonder why tracking your car is such a negative toward resale of the car.

As Joe B said, its all about how much time is spent at higher RPM's.

The perception is that a tracked car will spend a higher percentage of its life at higher RPM and that will shorten its life.

But that may or may not be true.

We all know drivers who maintain fairly high RPM's on daily basis (like me!) - the engine is generally revved up and that could easily equal the duty cycle of a tracked car. And I know others (like my wife!) who never goes above 4K rpm.

So my take is that unless you're buying a car from a nice old lady, then a car with mild to moderate track duty probably isn't significantly different than a sporty street driven car.

Heavy track duty or racing? I'd suggest that those engines do spend an inordinate amount of time at very high RPM's and engine life could be less than comparable non-raced cars.