Bought a garage queen... do I mod or keep stock?
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Bought a garage queen... do I mod or keep stock?
I bought an LS1 car so that I would have a strong motor to go with heads/cam/etc. to run in the 10s.... Did I buy too nice of a car?
2000 Camaro SS, NBM, M6, all options, 14k miles, virgin garage queen bone stock...
My question is, do I keep this car bone stock and keep the miles off of it or do I sell it and buy a higher mileage car for less and do all the mods I want to do....
Thanks guys...
2000 Camaro SS, NBM, M6, all options, 14k miles, virgin garage queen bone stock...
My question is, do I keep this car bone stock and keep the miles off of it or do I sell it and buy a higher mileage car for less and do all the mods I want to do....
Thanks guys...
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Well...if you want a race car. You can buy old high mileage ones for alot cheaper and put that money towards more mods...so really if u can afford to mod that one then sure, do it. But if funds are tight sell it and buy an older one for much less and enjoy the extra $.
But my Camaro (in sig) only has 7k miles on it. So really it doesn't matter. Do what YOU want!
But my Camaro (in sig) only has 7k miles on it. So really it doesn't matter. Do what YOU want!
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Well...if you want a race car. You can buy old high mileage ones for alot cheaper and put that money towards more mods...so really if u can afford to mod that one then sure, do it. But if funds are tight sell it and buy an older one for much less and enjoy the extra $.
But my Camaro (in sig) only has 7k miles on it. So really it doesn't matter. Do what YOU want!
But my Camaro (in sig) only has 7k miles on it. So really it doesn't matter. Do what YOU want!
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I wouldn't think that modding it would hurt the value tremendously as long as you keep the mileage low. I wouldn't do anything that would tremendously compromise the driveability of the car.
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tough choice, but if you want a fast car. I say start with a car that has "been around" but is still in good condition. That way you start from scratch and do things right from day one. Fist off would be a forged shortblock. Second would be a rear end to handle all that abuse IF its a drag car. Then i would do something about the transmission and/or clutch. Once you have those things figured out get a power adder like a procharger/vortech, nitrous, or a turbo kit that will retain all accessories along with all the supporting mods like fuel upgrades. With everything mentioned above you will have a solid 450-700hp car while still being very driveable. All depends on how much boost or spray you want, the question is what do you consider "FAST". Either way you look at it you are looking to spend in excess of $6000 in all the upgrades if you want a badass FAST car. THEn comes the labor and install bills if you dont know how to work on your own car. Hope this helps you narrow down your choices. I say yea that car is way too nice, once you work on a car and upgrade it, you are bound to scratch it or take a grinder or soemthing to it somewhere for any given reason. I say hold on to it for a while but dont wait too long, the new camaro's coming out in a year and that car will make YOUR car go down in price like a ****!!! Just my honest opinion, hope you figure it out and build a nice one whatever it might be.
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Just put the car back to stock when you sell it and it will remain with the normal appreciation. But modded cars don't sell for more money. You will lose money on the mods and probably end up selling for less than what the car is worth (generally).
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oops ok so that answered the question to how "fast" you wanted to go lol. Well yeah i say go ahead and do heads/cam on that car for sure. That will not affect the driveablility or value of it. It will probably make people pay more for it since it will have more power if/when you sell it. Good luck with it either way, i say do that and some suspension mods so it rides, launches, and sounds nice.