Cost of mods and What does your car owe you?

[jlnewton]

I am not doing a list, but currently owning 4 cars that are all registered/insured, not even starting on the mods, is probably the reason I am reduced to eating bread and water.

[Cubes]

Here's my list in order.

Fuel Pressure Reg. Bleed Kit - $70

3" Turbo Back marine grade S/steel exhaust; Fitted- $1650

Clutch Fitted - $800

580hp Bar & Plate FMIC; Fitted - $1400

Manual 2 Stage Bleeder; Fitted - $250

Blitz SBC-iD EBC (Now sold) - $800

910 External Fuel pump fitted - $300

+ Lots of Dyno Tunes

Just completed but not fitted....

RB30DET engine rebuild - ~$5000

Clutch - $600

and

PowerFC

Nismo Intank fuel pump

550cc Injectors

600hp GT35 Turbo

RB25DET gearbox

Shimmed Diff

Oh yer the paint job - 3.5k

erm.. suspension, wheels..

I don't want to add the total.

The trick is not to think you won't get the money back when you sell it but to enjoy it and never sell it..

Simply put it in the shed do a few more mods and use it for track work.

[R31 POWER]

Ok

$220 - Import headlights

$650 - GTR cooler

$220 - New radiator

$2200 - R32 front cut

$570 - Extreme ceramic clutch

$1700 - New pads,disc's and calipers re-built

$350 - Import front struts

$640 - Tyres 235/45/17

$1600 - HKS GT2535 turbo

$550 - Stainless exhaust manifold

$350 - Nismo chromoly flywheel

$180 - dump pipe

$350 - 3inch exhaust

$300 - Strut bars front/rear

$180 - HKS turbo timer/boost gauge

$300 - LSD diff

$400 - Various suspension bushes

$20 - Front lip

$10780

plus more little bits and pieces but cbf thinking

[DoughBoy]

Oh, oh, oh...include a sexy silver and blue Panasonic head unit that matches my AVCR, 4 x pioneer 6x9" and a Rockford Amp...include that in the $2,800    

Is a stereo even a modification?

Sorry Troy, going to have to call buullshit on this one... your turbo setup cost more than that amount by itself!

[RNS11Z]

This is the list for my previous r33. its not in order just all from the top of my head.

New engine bottom end: $3000

t88: $2000

Clutch: $700

Tyres: $1200

Gearbox: $1400

Injectors: $800

Fuel Pump $400

Insurance $3700

front bar $350

Tuning $1000

Battery $200

Gaskets + Labour $2000

Manifold + heliculs (not sure how to spell it) $1200

Headwork $400

Servicing $1000

Labour approx $2500 all up

i forget the rest.....

[Emancipator]

I think im at the other end of the scale...

Now i bought it for $2500

and spent this:

Manual Conversion $1100

Respray $1200

Turbo Conversion $1250

GT-R Intercooler + piping ~$450

Shit thats died $650

Extractors Exhaust (from the NA days) $700

Stereo $500

Immob etc $300

Running costs and consumables (fuel tyres insuramce obviously dont count)

so thats $6150 on mods... 3x the cars purchase value!!.. now ud have to spend 60K on a GT-R to get close to that kind of expenditure.. .. now i feel stupid.

Brent.

[Roy]

Sorry Troy, going to have to call buullshit on this one... your turbo setup cost more than that amount by itself!

If i say my car owes me $2,800, and it stops me from having to face reality, and copping abuse from friends because i cant afford National Lampoons Eurpean vacation, then whats the big deal if i mispaced a decimal point :Oops:

Oh and ive got a genuine NISMO gear knob

[DCIEVE]

i dont feel so bad now, having read this thread.... still 15k and not running is a bit scary

[DoughBoy]

Don't feel bad about it, $15K can't even get you a Hollinger or OS88 box

[Kaido_RR]

i just through i add this (not my car)

there is a r32 gtr on Prestige selling for 27k

"1989 Nissan Skyline R32 GTR with 2.7 litre kit and T88-34D turbo"

Power output: Claimed to be 800ps. Previous owner spent 6.7 million yen ($86,000) on the modifications.

doesnt that suck u spend 86k on your car and only sell it for 27k

[Zensoku]

Guys, when the conversation of what how much money i spend on cars comes up, i usually respond with a "don't want to know" because lets face it, we love doing up cars, thats our passion and we should be doing like the Mastercard ads:

Twin HKS GT2530 turbos: $XXXX

90mm stainless exhaust: $XXXX

Dyno run and tune: $XXX

Hearing the RB26 sing it's beautiful exhaust note all the way up to redline and embaressing old-school V8 drivers? ....PRICELESS.....

[lwells]

i just through i add this (not my car)

there is a r32 gtr on Prestige selling for 27k

"1989 Nissan Skyline R32 GTR with 2.7 litre kit and T88-34D turbo"

Power output: Claimed to be 800ps. Previous owner spent 6.7 million yen ($86,000) on the modifications.

doesnt that suck u spend 86k on your car and only sell it for 27k

Its not actually selling for $27k. Its auctioned on Yahoo, so highest bidder over 27k.

LW.

[meshmesh]

this car is also for sale through prestigemotorsport.com, landed price is $27K

[lwells]

this car is also for sale through prestigemotorsport.com, landed price is $27K

Prestige will just bid via Yahoo...

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h12095002

Edit: Oh, and the landed price will be higher than that. The seller wants A$27k for the car, so add on shipping, customs, blah blah blah.

LW.

[fatz]

who caes it makes me smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GTR-Ben]

Be around $30,000.

Thats a RB30DET in a Widebody S13 Silvia.

Engine:

RB30E Block with stock Rods, Crank, Pistons.

RB26DETT Head, ported and polished, slightly more aggressive cams.

Subzero high mount Manifold, Garrett GT3040 Turbo .82 AR

Turbonetics 42mm External Wastegate.

600x300x100mm Bar and Plate Intercooler.

Drivetrain:

Modified GTR gearbox.

OS Giken Twin Plate Clutch

GTS-T LSD close ratio Diff.

GTS-T 5 stud and brake conversion.

Body:

Vertex full widebody kit. 50mm rear guards, 35mm front.

R33 GTR Rims.

Suspension:

Cusco Adjustable Suspension with front camber plates.

Full Whiteline Bush setup and camber/caster correction.

Interior:

Recaro Race seats.

All the needed gauges..

And other stuff.. not thinking about this till last, as well as the audio side of things.

[B-Man]

I refuse to post in this thread.

Me too.....

ha ha - I just found this thread - interesting

[51jay]

$22000 on top of $17000 for the stock standard car

[SLY33]

this is actually a good thread, coz it doesnt make me feel so bad! Didnt realise there were so many who spend the amount of the car plus more on mods.. Its crazy how it all adds up, and the whole "couldve bought a GTR" thing comes to mind... has been a lot of fun tho, and if i had a GTR it would eventually be modded just the same but more expensive then it would be "couldve bought an R34 GTR!"

[Squizz]

R32 GTR

HKS Panel Filter - $50

2nd Hand Front Pipes - $50

2nd Hand Cat-back - $50

"Lub you long time" Special Cat - $free

Total - $150

The grin from thrashing it down a Mountain with super flamge - $Priceless

I am the bargain king!