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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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