NSSANE02

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Not bad at all, does that include the car?

nemss1

id say when my car is finished it will hav no more than $3,000 invested. just bolt-ons, weight reduction and most of the money will be in chromoly suspension parts

01Z28Camaro

Yes it does.

CO99Z28Vert

iTrader: (30)

Hmmm interesting thread.

My p.o.s
Car with 62,000 miles $2500
Ebay fender $40
Paint for fender and bumper $175
SLP lid, P&P tb, Jet hot coated mac mids/SLP ORY, SLP Loudmouth, 3:73 richmond gears, UMI suspension parts/lower control arms/PHR/subframe connectors, Wolfe roll bar, 17x9/17x11 ZR1's, suede seat inserts, aeroforce interceptor gauge, SS hood (not put on) and topped off with an A.I.R tune.
Instead of listing every price I have about $2400-$2500 in **** so you figure im in $5000 so far and im now at 92,000 miles and shes still going strong except for a chipped pinion gear the other day but I just bought another rear for $50 so now im at $5550 lol.

You guys have done alot to your cars for the money you spent though.

RaggedRides

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....and I thought I got a deal!

I've had mine almost a year since I picked it up for $6,250 with 70,000 on the clock. She came with a lid and I hacked the muffler off as soon as I got home. My first time taking her to the track left me with a 13.4 @ 104 and a 2.0 60ft.

Since then I've added:

Pacesetters, ORY, Sweet Thunder: Around $600 brand new
Sold cats for $140
Double Diamond Subframes: $207
Ported Throttle Body: $100 (Completely impulsive waste of money)
17x9.5 & 18x10 Z06ers with tires: $450

Mods: $1,216ish

Total: $7,467

Not bad, but I thought I was doing much better. I've got two things coming in the next two weeks. To date, my best time is a 12.9 @ 106 with a 1.9 60.

Eibach Sportlines: $100
3.73'd rear end: $250

I'll be at around $1,573 in goodies and $7,815 total.

Not bad for a full exhaust, wheels, tires, springs, gears and those other odds and ends. I might put my speaker box and stock wheels up for sale to subsidize a bit of this.

green28

iTrader: (8)

When did you buy the car though? Thats got a lot to do with the purchase price of the car itself. I bought my car over 5 years ago for $13,500 with 17k miles which wasn't bad at the time. The same car is probably worth $7k these days. So of course my $ amount spent is going to be a lot higher because of how long ago I bought the car, compared to someone who bought their car last year for dirt cheap.

Arc00TA

iTrader: (17)

Car - 3500$
Cammed LS6 - 1800$
Pushrods - $100
Headers and exhaust - 600$
Baseline tune - $100
Injectors - $300
Fuel pump - $150

Dunno performance wise, but I think its good bang for the buck.

quickta98

bought my car with all mods in sig done for $17k but the best was may last ta. 98 TA 6 speed car, had cam and LTS when i got it for 12,300. Drove it for a year and put 14k miles on it and sold it for 12,300. Only put a set of plugs in it, changed the oil, and gas.

streetassasin

iTrader: (30)

I bought mine in oct 07, right before the bottom dropped out off their value

therealcreeper

iTrader: (37)

i've gotten some really good deals on parts. i always thought i had a good mod per dollar ratio goin on hahah. i lurk the classifieds for good deals constantly.

springs/shocks/swaybar-$45 total
magnaflow catback-$50
lid-$40
ssra-$50
ported throttle body-made $15
adjustable lca's-$60
msd's and ngk's-$50


all mods in sig cost me less than $800. buncha bolt-ons and almost full suspension for about what the springs/shocks alone cost hahah. installed everything myself too.

maggiemike

I paid $7k for my car. It already had some work done to it, including a full exhaust and a stall. I did a bunch of free/cheap mods, a little weight reduction, and put a set of summit stars with used slicks and skinnies on it for a total of probably $750 including an oil change with royal purple. It went 12.1 on the motor and I'm confident it will go 11.9 in the spring. I need to replace the posi-unit though.

01Z28Camaro

That's not bad..

It sucks to buy a car, and have the track closed. I don't really want to mod it before getting a baseline.

To be honest the car is fast enough as it sits, but for some reason, I'll still throw money at it to make it faster.

maggiemike

you've got some awesome mods though, like that 9" and the ms4, two items on my list for this summer

Golf&GM

iTrader: (22)

I've upgraded a few things but at one time I had Pacesetter headers, ORY, SLP Lid, and Loudmouth catback with $6500 invested on the nose including car. Not many mods I know but when I got it the car it was completely stock - the catback.

deuce_454

Not me.. i spent 25 grand on a car with practically NO resale value... i mean who wants a full tilt Pro touring, leather interior, custom stereo, paddleshifted 450 rwhp LS1 powered 79 malibu???? talk about stupid

linemupz28

95 camaro z28- 4500

ls1 ss front end, hood, and spoiler-150bux

paint job friend had a shop- 800

ls2 swap with mods-3500

xhk651

car- 7000
all mods, heads, cam, LTs, xpipe, chambers, ported 90/90, weight reduction, nitrous kit, dyno tune, draglites, race seats, pin on ws6 hood, 410s, Vig 4k stall..-5k


going back to track in Feb. im shooting for a 7.0@95 on motor... and low 6s spraying..

right at 425 to the ground on motor.. dont know on nitrous..