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How much have you put into your money pit AKA RX7?
I felt like making a new thread of "how much have you put in" so here it goes:
87 Sport- 2100 88 GTU- 1000 Sunroof/Bumper/Wing/Illumina/Tanabe- 500 DiffMount/Exhaust Manifold/Misc-100 Install of The Stuff- 500 Misc Parts- 400 Fixing Current Prob- 200 ~4800 -400 For Selling Off parts ~4400 Then Insurance is 1800 A year (Being 16 Sucks, And I pay for everything) And i'm still NA I feel bad, anyone else spend this much and still is NA? Mod list is in sig. |
thats how much ur insurance is damn, thats so cheap, i pay 2100 a year for my 97 mercury tracer!!! used to pay 3200 for a 99 kia sportage
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I guess its cheap, but I earn 6.75 an hour and all my money either goes to: Option 1- Fix FC, Option 2- Save For Insurance, Option 3- Mod FC, Never go out, every penny counts in this world.
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Btw heres my 88 GTU I bought, with the motor swap for 1K
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4285887897 And heres the 87 Sport I bought for 2.1K and it had a broken diff mount, was supposedly a GXL, bad exhaust manifold. But I got 4 TII Rims, 4 Silver GXL rims, 4 Black GXL Rims, RB Cat-Back Exhaust, Sparco Steering wheel and A lil sound system. I was young and stupid back in the day :( http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4285959165 ID: yao2005 PW: drift -Andrew P.S. Sorry for the post whoring :( |
over $4000
including all mods on my sig... plus lots and lots of sweat and cuts and bruises from doing all the work to it myself with my friends. i only payed for the rebuild to be done. plus this was an 87 Sport model i tansformend to a T2 :) |
2,900 for my 91 n/a 500 for exhaust 100 for alternator 150 for fd alternator i need my car checked out bc i think the injectors need cleaned bc it stalls under hard braking revving it to redline and let it drop to idle it stalls sometimes ect and maybe 8,500 for a 89 black t2 in perfect condition and mildly modded
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Damn you get cars cheap although i think you earn less money or something?? cause 6.75 is probably below or around minimum wage here (otherwise known as 15 y.o working at mcdonalds)...
I'm about to import a car from japan (all up it's costing me around $8500 to get it here and on-road) car costs about $3,300 for a Series 5 '89 GT-X turbo, then the rest goes to shipping, tax, more tax, duties, and then rego/insurance/etc... Only very very shit cars in Aust go for about 2,900. You'd probably only get a 1st gen for 2,900$ AU... weird how it all works :P |
20k in one
4k in the other |
mine is towards 10k ...
money pit... |
Including the price of car, upgrades, repairs, maintenance upwards of 25K.
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My habit pays for itself.
Initial cost for '89 GXL (auto) $1,000 Replaced auto trans $200 Bought turbo II parts car $100 (made $600 + took 5 speed parts) ACT pro lite wheel and TII clutch $0 Bonez straight pipe $100 Custom 2.5" exhaust + muffler $300 Toyo Proxes 4 225/50/16 $380 New system $600 Bought GTU for $800 and sold for $2300 So all in all my car cost $680. |
86 GXL $4300
Tires $400 Intake $250 Relpace switches + guages $300 Trans $400 Engine $1000 New sub $175 Plugs $30 Lubricants $100 Clutch $250 Resurface flywheel $40 Headlights $50 Muffler $100 Total $7395 (Holy Shit!) yeah money pit indeed, but still wouldn't trade it for anything (except another 7) worth every penny if you ask me. oh yeah.... Tickets $1200 at least, if not more Insurance $4000 Gas............ way too much |
86 GTU N/A $1400
Oil leak first week $300 new 4 piston calipiers and rear calipers $300 TurboII swap $4000 FMIC $1000 GT40 turbo $1000 Hks wastegate $300 RB exhuest $700 New paint and body work $1000 Insurance $1600 |
$800 including the cost of the car.
Thats just fixing things though. Mods will eventually suck multiple thousands of dollars out of me. (about $9000 based on my list) |
I just dropped $4000 on a paint job. And the fucking thing was *supposed to come out flawless...
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87 GXL - $1200
89 GXL - $300 Swap in 87 engine - $0 88 TII - $150 Swap in 87 TII engine $0 sell 87 N/A 300 Total for 89 GXL with rebuilt 88 TII engine - $1350 |
91 na
purchase price - 500 rebuilt engine - 750 paint - 1200 tires - 300 vert wheels - 250 misc - 400 TOTAL - 3,400 and its now in near mint condition 89 Vert Purchase Price - 800 Rebuilt engine - 2250 - included new rotor housings rb catback - 600 tires - 300 rebuilt trans - 500 rad - 300 stereo system - 600 tii lip - 300 tii hood - 150 rear wing - 25 paint - 1500 Light flywheel - 200 HD Clutch/PP 300 Look on ricer when I let off a huge belch of flames at night in front of his house - Priceless Total - 8K and counting i I have more should I keep going ?:p: |
hey you are only 16 right. hears my advice get a project if your car is your project thats good because no mater how much you dump into your car it is worth it. because when you are done with it you will be proud to have it and because it is yours and it is the only one like it. hey i 5 years or so when i am done with mine i will have a shit load of money in it and i doint care if i get my money back because if i dident have that car to spend my time and money on i would be a drunk and be broke any how doint take things for granted
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1st car bought for $3700 CAD
put about 35,000 into it 2nd car bought for $2700 put about 2000 into it 3rd car bought for $3500 put about 100 into it 4th car bought for 9000 put about 35,000 into that |
Originally Posted by bcty
1st car bought for $3700 CAD
put about 35,000 into it 2nd car bought for $2700 put about 2000 into it 3rd car bought for $3500 put about 100 into it 4th car bought for 9000 put about 35,000 into that Matt:) |
About 6 grand including the car. Its pretty built, ported, t4 turbo, fmic, microtech, suspension, rims/tires, somewhat shitty paint tho, And a still completely full bottle of nitrous in it(who needs that shit anyways)
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Well i I have just gotten into my project
project fund: 88 SE ~ $500 all misc stuff so for alike fluids and whatnot ~$400~$500 so ive only had it about a month and @ 1000 bucks seems accurate but BELIEVE me it will be alot more |
1st car was a base 87n/a i built up over the years and in the last 3 weeks of owning it i pumped another 8G into it doing a swap and tons of other turbo crapola. Then 5 hours after the car got outta the bodyshop with a full repaint it got stolen and stripped and burned the frame.
4th car i bought with lots of money put into it and ive parked it for 8-9 months now and just been puttin mroe money into it.. should be back on the road in a few days.. im getting quite ancy :) |
Okay lets see here:
'90 GXL-$1900 Tag/Registration-$350 Insurance (annually)-$144 Clutch-$535 E-Fan- $FREEBY$ Header-Er, I think about $200 Spark Plugs & Racing wires- $FREEBY$ HKS Hi-Power Mufflers-$90 (eBay :D:D) That bring me to a grand total of about $3,200. I plan on lots of mods in the future so I'll be sure to update the money pit's consumption. |
Dont want to count, but its between $10k and $20k
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Cars are a cheap hobby. Takeup windsurfing for a hobby and spend700-800 bucks for new sail each year (times at least three) and a new board every couple of years for 1500-2000 bucks. That does not count accessories
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$500 89 GTU
$200 88 GXL $700.00 $110- Sold 1 Set of S5 Tails $50- Sold 2 bad engines $30- Sold broken CD stereo $40- Sold 1 set of fuel injectors. $520.00 For a good running 89 GTU with a S4 Mazda Reman engine. |
Im afraid to count it up, from looking at some of the reciepts Ive invested over 10k in parts alone, but Ive also sold alot of stuff that I replaced. Doing EVERYTHING myself has saved me an unbelieveable amount of money. It doesnt even run right now, I have to buy a microtech and a few other parts...
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well i bought my car for $400, spent 2k on a jspek motor, tranny, rear end, driveshaft and ecu. and just bought over 2k worth of aftermarket parts for it, and i still have to spend another 500 or so. and i havent even driven it yet since the day i bought it :( . . but it will be worth the wait when im done with it.. :)
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~25k
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My 86 base - $4000 in mods & upkeep just this year alone. I bought it 5-6 years ago for $2600. Great car, wouldn't trade it for anything except maybe a Ferrari 328. https://www.rx7club.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif ( Like I can afford one of those ).
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Car - 2500
Wheels - 800 Toyo Proxes T1-S - 700 installed JIC FLT-A2s - 1750 Springs and shocks - 700 Coilovers sold - -1000 Swaybars - 250 Rear camber adjustment - 120 DTSS eliminators - 60 Intake - 60 Header/Single cat - 500 HKS exhaust - 550 SAFCII - 350 Exedy Clutch - 250 RB Steel Flywheel - 350 Just with that crap listed - just $8000 or so Now, on order are: Supercharger kit - 3200 Fuel parts (4x720cc injectors, Walbro) - 550 So that puts it around $12000...I hate life. I need new tires soon, too. Jeez, I forgot to add the seats, which were about 750 with the brackets and sliders... Two strut braces as well. one that's a combination strut brace and engine torque dampener and a big Cusco 40mm one in the back, another 350 right there. |
Over $4500 on the new Jspec TII swap im doin on my 91 NA coupe. Spent money trying to fix the old NA too.
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~4500$ and are planing another 2000$
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Now I don't feel that bad for dumping so much :) Cooling problem is "fixed" not leaking or losing just smells probably burning off, but i'm running rich, but i'm getting that diagnosed for a case of mountain dew, lmao.
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Originally Posted by gugge
~4500$ and are planning another 2000$
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well I got the 88 gxl for 500 msr style 103 wheels 500 dunlop sp9000 sport tires 500 safcII 350 k&n intake 250 pacesetter header 200 new air fuel mitxer meter 100 the monday after next nirtus 500 + 40 to fill bottle. so it will be about 3000.00 in about two weeks and thats not even the start of it.
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About 11K with my car and mods..
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Bumpfor a old thread, i added up all my reciepts ~1500 in maint :(
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I have over $40K in mine......
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Originally Posted by andrewdruiz
I guess its cheap, but I earn 6.75 an hour and all my money either goes to: Option 1- Fix FC, Option 2- Save For Insurance, Option 3- Mod FC, Never go out, every penny counts in this world.
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Originally Posted by Bad2ndgen
I have over $40K in mine......
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4,000 -- 1987 Turbo 2 Unmodified 79,563 miles on the odometer
350 -- 2 Blizzak Studded Snow Tires Mounted and Balanced 350 -- Ball Joint and other assorted damage to Left Front Wheel 90 -- MazdaSpeed Differential Mount 50 -- Mounting Balancing Original Tires back on **WARNING STUPID RICER MODS** 250 -- Mint S5 Taillights shipped to my door 250 -- S5 Front Bumper Rear Bumper and Mouldings 50 -- S5 Steering Wheel and Shifter 35 -- S5 Turn Signals **Okay expenses again** 60 -- Coolant Flush/Replacement 250 -- 2 S5 T2 Rotors 250 -- 2 S5 T2 Housings 250 -- S5 Turbo & Manifold and all attached lines 500 -- 4 Yokohama AVS ES100's Mounted and Balanced 40 -- Stock Cat system for passing emissions. 20 -- NGK Spark Plugs BUREQ9 80 -- Downpipe 600 -- Rotary Aviation Rebuild Stuff 60 -- 2 MazdaSpeed Motor Mounts 200 -- 1600cc Bosch Fuel Injectors 90 -- Walboro Fuel Pump 1,200 -- Haltech E6X EMS w/ 3 bar MAP sensor 80 -- S5 Hardened Stationary Gears 73 -- S5 TII Flywheel 100 -- E-Fan 50 -- Summit Battery Relocation 60 -- Intake 175 -- ACT 6 Puck Clutch 120 -- 5 Spoke 15" '91 Coupe Wheels for Winter 80 -- Rotor Bearings 300+ -- Engine Assembly and Porting ______________________________________ 10,083-- Total Cost for my hopefully reliable Turbo II --Fritz |
Car: $3000.00
Mods: +$1700.00 Fixes: +$300.00 Lenght of time i've owned my car: 1 month And there will be plenty more to come soon... |
Some of us bought our cars way back when they were on dealer lots and came with the original factory warrantee. We skew the poll by having high original purchase prices and having done a ton of maintenance in the several hundred thousand miles we’ve gone in the past 15 or so years.
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500 for body
500 for motor with bad collant seal 3500 for complete rebuild : new housings, new plates, complete seal kit, only rotors kept from original havent modded this one yet cause the rebuild si still being tuned 4500 in total |
2000 - initial purchase
1400 - transmission/clutch/RMS replacement 900/yr - insurance 15/ea - a few oil changes Not too bad so far. The transmission replacement was a killer though. |
1500 for the car
1600 for rearend 1000 for exhaust and 550cc injector 4200 for motor and tranny to be built the way i wanted 1000 rims and tires 300 on the rearend and motor mounts 80 on new metering lines 400 on clutch parts |
8k and i dont even have a radio... and im slower than a civic... engine blew 3 times
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Engine/drivetrain/exhaust - 14k
Suspension - 3k Stereo and interior - 12k Wheels and tires (2 sets) - 4k Body parts - 1.5k Paint (not painted yet) Price paid for a mint unmolested 88 TII - 6.5k Total without paint job - $41,000 |
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