man i dont want to know........it's like asking how much money you spent on an ex over the years...just rather not know. I do know it's worth it though...my car isnt very fast but it gives me a thrill every time I'm in it!

 

some of you guys arent even adding in a forged motor so to make real power relaibly add in another $4-8k on top of what you listed.

 

im near 100k (not even really counting labor) for all my setups and the ranged from 400rwhp to the soon to be 1000rwhp setup...I have hit 700ish so far with last setup.

 

I've got about 20K in parts in the car. Other than tuning I have 0 labor cost. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't!!! My car would have stopped at exhaust and a nice stereo.

 

Around 90-100K or so. Biggest waste of money ever.

 

Most guys in here have $5K alone in the rear end/transmission/convertor/clutch that are running 10's or faster.

Aftermarket EMS and tuning.... add an easy $3-4K.

After that it is a thousand here.... a few thousand there.... couple grand for heads.... much more for a built shortblock....

Then don't forget about things that go boom... trannies, turbos/superchargers etc.

I want to do a budget T76... but after adding up the costs.... I'll stick to spray for the few times I really need it. Still playing the lottery every day and wishing.

Need to buy a house first!

 

i am making 480rwhp and im at about 12k on parts and labor.

this includes

vortech sc kit 5200
hooker headers and ory 800
built tranny 1500
3200 stall 500
wheels and tires 1300
tune 500


the rest is labor i guess

steve

 

20k for the car, about 5500 for the mods, 1200 wheels&tires

 

I kind of did a budget before I started as well...
So far I am over twice that original budget.

I am not even 1/2 the car some of these guys are building. My goal was just a reliable daily driver that puts down over 500hp. I have gotten there and there are still a ton of things left to do.
This **** will suck the money from your wallet in no time.
My advice to you:
If you can't afford to have any "extra expenses" on top of your figured budget, DON'T DO IT!

 

$19000 car
$3200 short block
$2200 H/C
$700 clutch/flywheel
$1400 exhaust
$450 injectors
$1000 gaskets,lifters,oil pump,timeing set,arp hardwhere,little ****,boltons,ect
$4700 ati d1 kit
$1200 sdce upgrades & fuel pump
$800 suspention
$325 gauges
$0 labor
And I'm sure theres more I forgot about and I haven't even got my rearend yet This FI **** is getting verry expencive

 

About $20k in mods that are on the car.
12k on the car.

 

invisable sun,
How is the car comming along?
Im going to be in redondo beach around christmas, id love to come check it out
ed

 

i agree

 

Somewhere in the 60's including the car.

 

Mine wouldn't have, I have had second thoughts about the car while I was building it, driving slow cars for a year, almost forgot what "fast" felt like. Then we got my car running and it was pretty slow because of wheelspin and I still had doubt until we got it hooked up in 3'rd gear (3 speed trans), then it was all worth it.

 

I have ~24K in this whole car, including the car itself so thats not too bad. Ater selling the stock interior, trans/converter, catback, rear, wheels/tires and every other part I didnt use, about 3K worth, car already had a fairly fresh forged piston shortblock in it. Plus lot of the stuff I bought used and if you are careful you can get some good deals.

Only thing I didnt do on the car myself was weld the LCA brackets on the rear so you save a lot of cash doing it yourself and divert that money into nicer parts. I couldnt afford to pay someone to build a car the way I would want it

 

I just don't see how thats possible?

 

Well i was an idiot i had enough cash at the time to buy a nice used vette straight up or put a 24k deposit on a ZO6. Here is where i am at

Complete
99 Z28 M6- $12000 (paid it off the first day)
Vortech SC kit + Miscelaneous things- $7500
Sold vortech for 4200 shipped lost about $1600 (it was still brand new)
CAS TT- $4200
Charge piping + fab work - $1600
turbo upgrade- $750
forged long block with cam, lifters, and rockers- $7400
Megasquirt system + sensors - $480
LC-1 + gauge - $299


puts me at $30k invested so far including car

Pending:

T-56 viper upgrade - $2300
injectors - $600-$700
fuel pumps - $250
fuel line - $200
FPR - $130
Fuel rails - $200
textralia clutch - $950
tuning - ????

$34700 is what the total will before i am able to get the car running (not including tuning)

Everything under the complete section has been paid for(except for the fab work i just got the final bill for that today) and everything under the pending is absolutely needed but hasn't been purchased yet. I still have abour 4k left on the loan and have a bunch of things to sell so i will be able to afford to buy everything i need i just need to make sure i don't break it right away. Also, i still am planning to use money out of my checks as necessary to purchase items. I was too undecided from the get go and that was the problem. I didn't know what i wanted until it was too late so i took some nasty hits especially on the car (the guy messed up the crank and the block) so i couldn't just forge the stock block i had to buy a whole new motor. I hope it all works out in the end.

Luckily i only have 1 huge bill left and that's the tranny. I haven't even added a 12 bolt or 9" rear end yet as it isn't necessary to get the car running. Once i get the car on the road that's probably the first thing i need to buy.

If i had to do it all over again i would have read more first before spending and listening to friends. I would honestly rather have a vette and do a nice little cam on that and call it a day. In the end it'd still be a vette regardless how slow it is.

Greg

 

I lost count... but most of the labor I did, so... eh? Probably not too bad. Got a great deal on a turbo kit, with all the supporting mods including the car I'd guess 30-35tops including my ironblock I bought used.

 

I have a 97 SS I bought a ATI Procharger D1 with twin high flow intercoolers (FOR SALE $3500 obo) and i put it on a stock motor. Needless to say I should of got the bigger pulley cause the 12lb just blew the engine to high hell. I am recently in the process of getting a new engine in until i found out it was gonna cost me around $25,000 **** THAT so im going back to naturally asperated. 500hp 1/4 of the cost.