Broken 04 V, what's it worth?
 

Car has about 105k on the clock, and it does have an R-Title from an accident that happened like 5 years ago. The car is black, with black windows, wheels, interior. The interior has the typical peeling buttons.

Here's what the car has:

Noisy engine
PRC Stage 2.5 heads
TSP MS3 cam with 112 LSA
LS7 Lifters
Comp Pushrods
Pisnuoff custom short shifter
brass shifter bushings
freshly rebuilt T56
LS7 clutch (with slave, flywheel, remote bleeder)
clear fog lights
HID fog lights
HID high beams
OBX headers, catless connectors, stock exhaust with magnaflow x-pipe, mufflers, and tips

the car in the condition is in pretty decent shape, but there are some flaws, as there are with most 8-9 year old cars. a few door dings here and there, but it still absolutely turns heads, as do most V's.

The metal part of the grille is powder coated, and the plastic is plasti dipped.

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Mileage and rebuilt title... I'd shoot for $13k. Take less if someone has a decent offer but I've seen a few rebuilt title V's around here and people still want $14-$16 for em. I'm saying $13 because of the motor issue but somewhere between that and $11k (high/low pricing) is what I'd expect. No less than $11k considering the extras...

What exactly is broken? You say noisy, but what does that mean?

looking at the mods. I think a noisy valvetrain is what your hearing. It would take a video to actually figure the noise out, but other than that I'd shoot for 15k even. People say you dont get money for your mods, but there are people out there that are looking for car's that are built so they don't have to take the loss

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I'm thinking of either stock ls6/ls2 rebuild, or a 408 or 383 stroker, depending on what comes up. I'm really in no rush.

I bought the car with the R title when I made considerably less money (about 1/3rd of what I make now), and as gay as it sounds, I've sort of bonded with the car. I've learned so much about working on cars, made some cool friends/acquaintances, put blood sweat and tears into it. Before the rod bearing, I was thinking about getting the car painted (the drivers side has fresh paint from an accident, and the passenger side is a little faded in comparison.)

I'm leaning towards fixing it... what do you guys think? I have a loose budget, but nothing set in stone. If I could keep it under 1,500 for a stock LS2/LS6 rebuild, then I'll do that, and I'm thinking 3,500 to 4,000 MAXIMUM on the 383/408 stroker INCLUDING injectors, which seems mildly unrealistic, but I can always pray.

105,000 miles, salvage title and a spun bearing you would be lucky to get 10k. (Look on ebay)
Unfortunately, your blood,sweat and tears aint worth nothing and all those little things
like shifter bushings and fog light bulbs don't add any value whatsoever

trade for tinted fogs and beer?

If someone gave me 10k, I'd honestly probably bite.

put it out on the autotraders and craigslists.

A shop might be interested.

Id love to swap fog lights.

Thompson Motorsports will easily get you a forged short block in your budget.. Or Kyle offers many stock rebuilds, rebuilds with stock rods/forged pistons and everything else inbetween.

PM coming your way.

Sell me the heads!!

wow that's a great idea punishment cycle. that way when i rebuild it, i won't have heads, and if i sell it, i won't have heads.

FWIW there was an 04 Platinum V with 90k miles & pretty much the same shape only with a rod through the block listed on CL not too long ago...they wanted $12k. It was bone stock.

10 is absurd bro they have a wrecked v on ebay thats already at 9gs. Wouldn't even bother selling for less than 12

As a buyer at a dealership. Salvage title automatically cuts the cars worth in half. Start there and work backwards with mileage and other problems the car has.

I'm not sure its immediately cut in half, although I know its cut substantially. The engine mods alone were about 3k, there's also umi motor mounts and an slp 25 percent underdrive pulley. I know they don't count for much on resale, though.

Anyone know what it entails to install this setup on an ls2 block? and if it'll just work with my 04?

As long as all the parts are good you would just pull the motor, swap all accessories/sensors/etc needed along with the cam and top end and put the new motor back in.

The blocks are the same respectively... Unless there is something different on the Vs that would make the swap differently, someone chime in if so.

I have worked for 2 dealers as a buyer. Both automatically cut value in half for salvage.

If you are a smart person, and plan on buying this type of vehicle, and ever want to trade it in at a dealership for another car, this will be the rule. Trust me. Salvage titles are nothing to underestimate and most dealers are not even allowed to sell them other than at a auction environment.

Hrmm. I might be interested....

dont listen to kciaccio, its the dealers job to rip you off on trade in/buying your car
id list it for 13. if you think about it there are regular cts with rebuilt titles being sold for 12k