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I just spent 12k with Bryan @LME..motor will be here Tuesday.....DD N/a....I still have about 5k to spend on suspention,t56 viper conversion and 12 bolt.....I spent 2 k on strippers and booze after I wired the check...
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Save a lot of money by doing the installs yourself. I have done a H/C three times now and I did it in 12 hours (only because I had a crappy valve spring compressor). If you want a DD just get reliable parts. Get yourself a nice 500 rwhp set up. If you have a built motor, tranny to match, and rearend. You won't have to worry about things going wrong that often. But stay around 500 hp. Anything more will start causing your problems and lose most of the daily driver aspect.
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If you modify your only car you will be sorry. "back in the day" we did it & were on foot a lot of the time. Suggestion....if you have a note on the car pay that 1st.,buy a POS for work that's stock. You can then modify knowing it's your car,you can save for the best parts & you don't have a cc or bank loan to pay each month whether you have a job or not. I have a blown/427/C-5 but also have a pickup for everyday. After the 1st. car is pd. for, you will never borrow again. Freedom!!
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This all depends really, on what you want to use it for and if you can do the work yourself. I think most of the ideas so far are too far fetched for the money.
This excludes shipping, tax and any labour. It also doesn't account for a 12 bolt or built tranny so you could easily add another $4k to the final figure. Doesn't leave a lot of cash left over for labour and there's still quite a few components absent such as forged internals, body mounted torque arm, new rims, tyres (DR's), electric water pump.
This excludes shipping, tax and any labour. It also doesn't account for a 12 bolt or built tranny so you could easily add another $4k to the final figure. Doesn't leave a lot of cash left over for labour and there's still quite a few components absent such as forged internals, body mounted torque arm, new rims, tyres (DR's), electric water pump.
Single Adjustable Lower Control Arms & Panhard Bar Kit UMI Performance Inc $264.95
Control Arm Bolt Upgrade Kit UMI Performance Inc $10.99
Chrome Moly Shock Tower Bace UMI Performance Inc $99.99
Super Lube® Synthetic 14oz. Grease Tube UMI Performance Inc $29.90
Super Lube® Synthetic Rod End Rust Preventive Lubricant UMI Performance Inc $29.90
Revalved Bilstein Shocks Strano Performance $500.00
Sway Bar Kit Strano Performance $379.00
Strano Performance Parts Lowering Springs Strano Performance $269.00
Ratech Deluxe Install Kit, 7.5" 10-Bolt Rearend Thunder Racing $122.99
Strange Pro-Street Gears, 3.42 Gear Ratio, 2 series carrier Thunder Racing $225.00
Thunder Racing Complete Braking Package Baer Eradispeed Rotors Thunder Racing $759.99
Solo-Bleed Brake bleeders (front pair) Thunder Racing $9.99
Solo-Bleed Brake bleeders (rear pair) Thunder Racing $9.99
TSP Lid Texas Speed & Performance $95.00
F.A.S.T. LSX 90mm Intake & P.T.M. 90mm Combo Texas Speed & Performance $1,075.00
PaceSetter Ceramic-Coated Long Tube Headers, 1998-1999 LS1 F-Body with Emissions Fittings, With TSP 3" Y-Pipe with Hi-Flow Catalytic Converters Texas Speed & Performance $700.00
24" O2 Extention Texas Speed & Performance $39.98
PRC LS6 CNC Ported Heads Texas Speed & Performance $1,249.99
ARP 12-Point Head Stud Kit Texas Speed & Performance $248.99
ARP Assembly Lubricant Texas Speed & Performance $23.97
TSP 42# Injector Package Texas Speed & Performance $349.99
TSP Ported LS6 Oil Pump Texas Speed & Performance $129.99
Rollmaster Double-Roller Adjustable Timing Set Texas Speed & Performance $106.99
Magic Stick 4 Camshaft Texas Speed & Performance $389.99
Cam install kit?? Texas Speed & Performance
Perma Cool 20-22000 GVW Transmission Cooler Texas Speed & Performance $49.99
Prothane Polyurethane Transmission Mount Thunder Racing $22.99
Prothane Polyurethane Motor Mounts (Pair) Thunder Racing $49.99
Y-Pipe "Bump Stop" Hanger Thunder Racing $40.00
ASP Harmonic Balancer Crank Pulley Thunder Racing $224.99
Belt for AC Pulley Thunder Racing $21.98
LS1 Adjustable Belt Tensioner Thunder Racing $129.99
Fast Toys Ram-Air Induction Kit Thunder Racing $174.95
Thunder Racing LS1 EGR Block-off plate, stainless steel Thunder Racing $10.00
GM LS1 Exhaust Manifold Gasket Thunder Racing $22.98
GM LS1 Smog Pump Gasket Thunder Racing $3.00
TransGO Shift Kit Thunder Racing $126.99
HP/Street Series 3600 or 3800 Fuddle Racing $705.00
EFI Live - FlashScan Commercial EFI Live $849.00
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Control Arm Bolt Upgrade Kit UMI Performance Inc $10.99
Chrome Moly Shock Tower Bace UMI Performance Inc $99.99
Super Lube® Synthetic 14oz. Grease Tube UMI Performance Inc $29.90
Super Lube® Synthetic Rod End Rust Preventive Lubricant UMI Performance Inc $29.90
Revalved Bilstein Shocks Strano Performance $500.00
Sway Bar Kit Strano Performance $379.00
Strano Performance Parts Lowering Springs Strano Performance $269.00
Ratech Deluxe Install Kit, 7.5" 10-Bolt Rearend Thunder Racing $122.99
Strange Pro-Street Gears, 3.42 Gear Ratio, 2 series carrier Thunder Racing $225.00
Thunder Racing Complete Braking Package Baer Eradispeed Rotors Thunder Racing $759.99
Solo-Bleed Brake bleeders (front pair) Thunder Racing $9.99
Solo-Bleed Brake bleeders (rear pair) Thunder Racing $9.99
TSP Lid Texas Speed & Performance $95.00
F.A.S.T. LSX 90mm Intake & P.T.M. 90mm Combo Texas Speed & Performance $1,075.00
PaceSetter Ceramic-Coated Long Tube Headers, 1998-1999 LS1 F-Body with Emissions Fittings, With TSP 3" Y-Pipe with Hi-Flow Catalytic Converters Texas Speed & Performance $700.00
24" O2 Extention Texas Speed & Performance $39.98
PRC LS6 CNC Ported Heads Texas Speed & Performance $1,249.99
ARP 12-Point Head Stud Kit Texas Speed & Performance $248.99
ARP Assembly Lubricant Texas Speed & Performance $23.97
TSP 42# Injector Package Texas Speed & Performance $349.99
TSP Ported LS6 Oil Pump Texas Speed & Performance $129.99
Rollmaster Double-Roller Adjustable Timing Set Texas Speed & Performance $106.99
Magic Stick 4 Camshaft Texas Speed & Performance $389.99
Cam install kit?? Texas Speed & Performance
Perma Cool 20-22000 GVW Transmission Cooler Texas Speed & Performance $49.99
Prothane Polyurethane Transmission Mount Thunder Racing $22.99
Prothane Polyurethane Motor Mounts (Pair) Thunder Racing $49.99
Y-Pipe "Bump Stop" Hanger Thunder Racing $40.00
ASP Harmonic Balancer Crank Pulley Thunder Racing $224.99
Belt for AC Pulley Thunder Racing $21.98
LS1 Adjustable Belt Tensioner Thunder Racing $129.99
Fast Toys Ram-Air Induction Kit Thunder Racing $174.95
Thunder Racing LS1 EGR Block-off plate, stainless steel Thunder Racing $10.00
GM LS1 Exhaust Manifold Gasket Thunder Racing $22.98
GM LS1 Smog Pump Gasket Thunder Racing $3.00
TransGO Shift Kit Thunder Racing $126.99
HP/Street Series 3600 or 3800 Fuddle Racing $705.00
EFI Live - FlashScan Commercial EFI Live $849.00
$9,553.43
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
Buy a $2k beater, then figure out what you wan to do.
We have this thing called the Affordability-Reliability-Performance triangle. You can pick any 2 of them, but you loose the 3rd.![Happy](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_stretch.gif)
We have this thing called the Affordability-Reliability-Performance triangle. You can pick any 2 of them, but you loose the 3rd.
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Originally Posted by 2002/Black/SS
im just finishing up a front mount turbo, cost me 10,000 for teh turbo setup, fueling, gauges, cam and heads. with 15,000 it should give u enough for teh turbo and rearend and run 11s and keep teh car nice a quiet
2400 diff
400 tires rear ( nitto)
1000 clutch and flywheel
1000 cam and tune
1200 boltons ( lid K&N, LT, Y pipe and catback)