View Poll Results: So how much have you dumped into your FC?
$0-$500
10
8.62%
$500-$1500
17
14.66%
$1500-$4000
39
33.62%
$4000-$10000
29
25.00%
$10000-$20000
15
12.93%
Lets Just Say Its A Nice Downpayment On A House
6
5.17%
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How much have you put into your money pit AKA RX7?
09-11-04, 10:08 PM
#1
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.
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.
09-11-04, 10:18 PM
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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
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
09-11-04, 10:45 PM
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Rotary Freak
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
09-11-04, 11:11 PM
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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 $3,300 for a Series 5 '89 GT-X turbo, then the rest goes to shipping, tax, more tax, duties, and then rego/insurance/etc...
Only very very **** cars in Aust go for about 2,900. You'd probably only get a 1st gen for 2,900$ AU...
weird how it all works :P
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 $3,300 for a Series 5 '89 GT-X turbo, then the rest goes to shipping, tax, more tax, duties, and then rego/insurance/etc...
Only very very **** cars in Aust go for about 2,900. You'd probably only get a 1st gen for 2,900$ AU...
weird how it all works :P
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09-12-04, 12:12 AM
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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.
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.
09-12-04, 01:54 AM
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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 ****!)
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
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 ****!)
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
09-12-04, 02:00 AM
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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
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
09-12-04, 04:26 AM
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$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)
Thats just fixing things though.
Mods will eventually suck multiple thousands of dollars out of me. (about $9000 based on my list)
09-12-04, 08:35 AM
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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 ?
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 ?
09-12-04, 12:20 PM
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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 **** 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
09-12-04, 12:30 PM
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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
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
09-12-04, 02:14 PM
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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
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
09-12-04, 02:23 PM
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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 **** anyways)
09-12-04, 02:27 PM
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Mechanical Engineering
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
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
09-12-04, 02:38 PM
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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
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
09-12-04, 02:44 PM
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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
)
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.
'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
)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.
