View Poll Results: Which new engine would U choose for your 1st gen?
12A, $10,000
29
80.56%
13B $2,000
7
19.44%
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll
Interesting-12A w/ $10,000, or 13b w/$2,000
03-31-03, 04:20 PM
#1
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Crivitz, WI
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Interesting-12A w/ $10,000, or 13b w/$2,000
As the subject says, which would you rather have in your first gen.
A 12A with a cap @$10,000 for mods, porting, etc.
Or a 13b with a cap @ $2,000 for mods
(Including intake and exhaust as well)
hmmm....
A 12A with a cap @$10,000 for mods, porting, etc.
Or a 13b with a cap @ $2,000 for mods
(Including intake and exhaust as well)
hmmm....
03-31-03, 06:00 PM
#5
standard combustion
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Twin Cities Minnesota
Posts: 1,374
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, you can have a slow 10,000dollar built 12a if the "labor" is over done and $20 of that is parts. 
Also, a $2000 13b of some kind can make a vast performance improvement if you do all the labor yourself. So your question is highly subjective.
Also, a $2000 13b of some kind can make a vast performance improvement if you do all the labor yourself. So your question is highly subjective.
03-31-03, 06:12 PM
#7
Well that's a tough decision...
You could take the 12A car with the $10k, then throw the car away and buy yourself two SE's, then put at least $2k into each with money left over.
Real tough decision.
You could take the 12A car with the $10k, then throw the car away and buy yourself two SE's, then put at least $2k into each with money left over.
Real tough decision.
Trending Topics
03-31-03, 10:28 PM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Burlington, Ontario
Posts: 517
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I would drop 30K into mine if I had it.
Strip to the bone and have the unibody etched and completely refinished. And then rebuild every nut and bolt. Come on Super 7!!!!!
Strip to the bone and have the unibody etched and completely refinished. And then rebuild every nut and bolt. Come on Super 7!!!!!
03-31-03, 10:58 PM
#10
So little time and money
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NorCAL
Posts: 746
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I voted 12A with 10k assuming that it's 10k of parts and that you did most of the work yourself, as well as if it were a 13b and 2k of parts not labor. I'm pretty sure you could build yourself a pretty crazy motor with all that money! The real question is which 13B are you gonna get? The 89+ 13B had 160 hp stock, with EFI. Sounds like a little porting, exhaust and intake and you'd have 200 reliable hp... (I'm a noob and I assume so)
happy modifying
happy modifying
04-01-03, 06:50 AM
#13
dude... for $10k you could make a increditably beastly 12a. Hardened gears, e-shaft, turbo fi, with a street/bridge port job, and still have 4 grand left over to just spend on the car.
EDIT: Thought about what i just said, and the 4 grand doesnt really make sense, but still. If you did the rebuild yourself and got someone else to do the porting. You could still end up with enough cash left over to pay for other stuff on the car.
EDIT: Thought about what i just said, and the 4 grand doesnt really make sense, but still. If you did the rebuild yourself and got someone else to do the porting. You could still end up with enough cash left over to pay for other stuff on the car.
Last edited by Maguire; 04-01-03 at 06:53 AM.
04-01-03, 08:32 AM
#14
SKELETOR!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
Posts: 1,077
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I would use the $10,000 to buy a Delorean, and go back to the future, steal performance parts from the future, come back to the present, and install them on my car.
I wonder what kind of gas mileage I would get with a flux capacitor?
I wonder what kind of gas mileage I would get with a flux capacitor?
04-01-03, 09:58 AM
#17
I luv sheep&dead hookers
Originally posted by Cody
I would use the $10,000 to buy a Delorean, and go back to the future, steal performance parts from the future, come back to the present, and install them on my car.
I wonder what kind of gas mileage I would get with a flux capacitor?
I would use the $10,000 to buy a Delorean, and go back to the future, steal performance parts from the future, come back to the present, and install them on my car.
I wonder what kind of gas mileage I would get with a flux capacitor?
04-01-03, 12:11 PM
#18
Punk Ass Bitch
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Welland, Ontario
Posts: 99
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by BrewerBob
A decent Delorean goes for between $30K and $40K. They are collectable at this point but still semi-widely available. The Flux Capacitor option is going to be harder to find and probably cost you a little more.
A decent Delorean goes for between $30K and $40K. They are collectable at this point but still semi-widely available. The Flux Capacitor option is going to be harder to find and probably cost you a little more.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
LongDuck
1st Generation Specific (1979-1985)
12
10-07-15 08:12 PM