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

 

$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...

 

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..

 

~25k

 

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. ( Like I can afford one of those ).

 

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.

 

~4500$ and are planing another 2000$

 

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.

-Andrew

 

Sounds like me, bro. I've got a paint job, with a few little extras, lined up.

 

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.

 

About 11K with my car and mods..

 

Bumpfor a old thread, i added up all my reciepts ~1500 in maint

 

I have over $40K in mine......

 

I do the same thing, I just spend 4 grands in my fc and I only make $8 an hour

 

DAMM i wont complain about $4000 again .

 

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
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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.

 

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

 

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