Damn I just added up all my receipts and they total so far about $3500 that mean Ive got $7500 into my car from when I bought it...DAMN!!!!!!!! I could never get that outta the car if I tried to sell it....which I wont...oh well atleast its just about in perfect shape in and out...interior is perfectly stock: ****, switches and all....

Man if I keep going ill have over $10,000 into this car before I know it...

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wishmister@yahoo.com

1987 White IROC-Z
305 TPI LB9 273 Rear Gear
700-R4 auto tranny
97,000 miles
KYB's
Performance Resource Chip
Flowmaster Muffler
Ported/Polished Plenum by "Daniel Burk"
Holley AFPR
Throttle Body Coolant bypass
TPIS air Foil
TPIS MAT Relocation Kit
K&N's
Gutted air box
Accel 8.0 plug wires
Moroso Super Coil
Blue Streak Cap and Rotor
Boush Patinum +4's
Mobil 1 15/50 Synthetic motor oil
Mobil 1 synthetic Trans fluid.

 

Wish,

Of the eight cars/trucks I have, the most I have in any one of them is just under $30K, so you've got a long way to go. I have about $11,000 in a truck that still doesn't move. Anyone have a cab for a '50 Chevy 3100?

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Later,
Vader
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"No matter how hard you try you can't stop us now"
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

 

so far my car is cheaper than WWI and WWII put together.

 

I try to buy top of the line products all the time. This blower($3300) I'm about to buy is going to make my grand total (just in mods)more than I paid for the car itself!

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91 Formula
305 TPI 5speed
1LE/G92/WS6
Custom cold air intake w/K&N, SLP airfoil, ported plenum, TB coolant bypass,Crane AFPR (47psi),94 octane,Crane Extruded Alum. 1.6 full roller rockers, Timing set from 4*BTDC to 10*BTDC,MSD coil,MSD6AL, Holley 9mm Annihilator Laser shot 50 wires, Ac Delco cap,rotor and plugs, Bosch O2sensor, SLP 1 5/8 headers,SLP catback,3:73s,JET 195* fan switch, Macewen white face gauges, Autometer gauges, Zoom hi-performance clutch.
Street legal with stock throttle body, runners,intake manifold,cam, and heads. Coming next..9# Procharger!

 

Approaching $5,500 on the engine alone (and I still need to buy parts to put it together! ).

Built SBC = $5000+
3rd gen for said SBC = $2000
Built draivetrain to handle all that power = $1500
Look on opponents face when you kill him down the track = Priceless

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George P. Lara
Z28s Owned:
1984 "L69" A4
1994 LT1 M6
Member: SCCA, SCFB, SC3GFB
Camaro Info: MadMike's

[This message has been edited by MRZ28HO (edited December 30, 2000).]

 

I bought my 88 IROC 5.7TPI in November for $5200. Since then I have spent just under $3000. None of the items I bought were performance items either.

Thank God my wife doesn't come to this web site.

 

i don't want to know on the 85. i do know most of the parts i've bought came with 2 spares that sit in a closet now. my 68 i bought cheap, i know i can more than double my money on it. my old truck i have 800 in and it has 38,500 miles on it now. my jimmy is new and cost accordingly.i have a mercades that belonged to my grandpa so i have nothing in it. my son has a 88 camaro i have a lot of money and lot of my spare parts find they way on to it.

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ICON Motorsports
1st & 3rd

 

I bought mine brand new. After I paid off the loan I decided that whenever something broke or wore out I would replace it with a performance upgrade. I've got to say I invested over 20 grand, and if I sold it I wouldn't get back half of that.

But of course, I will never sell it.

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92 Camaro RS LO3, 5-spd, T-tops
Mechanics:
Open Air Element w/K&N Filter, Flowmaster 3" Cat-back Exhaust, Z28 Grille w/aftmkt fog lamps
Electronics:
Alpine 8030 Alarm System, Valentine One Radar Detector (How did I ever drive without one?), Pioneer DEH 7450 Head Unit w/6-pack CD changer, Pioneer DEQ 7600 Sound Processor, 2 Kenwood KAC-90 Amps powering 2 12" Pro Red subs and 4 Infiniti speakers.
NEXT UP: SLP 1 3/4" Headers/Y-pipe, Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch kit

 

car=2300
headers- 150
catback- 220
rear with locker- 350
wheels, tires, misc suspension- 1000
engine-500
tranny-500
eprom burning stuff, sensors, ecm- 500
fuel pump, regulator- 150

jeez i could keep going... there is nothing id rather spend money on than my car, you know its a sickness when you get this far

i prolly have around 6000 invested total which is alot considerint that at most i could sell it for maybe 4000, and this whole time ive been going to school, only doing odd jobs

 

Pablo, I can think of only one thing I'd spend money on and she manages to do it all by herself. I just supply the cash.

350 = $600
Headers = $176
Rear gears = $450
Rebuild Trns w/clutch = $1000
Lightweight flywhl = $150
Suspension upgrades = $550
Extra Wheels = $200
Racing Brakes 8 times a yr = $650

No its NOT for sale.

 

car-$900 (excellent deal. 68K, great shape in and out...but i blew up the LG4)
motor-$1000
suspension-$300 (only re-bulit the back so far)
misc maintenance-$100 (brakes etc)
so thats $2300 including car, with conservative estimates. still need to get a trans, rear and rebuild the front suspension. still want new rims/tires and a paint job too. ive got a while to go!
if you add my stereo system, thats another $1000, but I've been building/adding on and upgrading that for the 2 1/2 years ive been driving so far.

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350, Comp 262, Edelbrock Performer intake 600 cfm carb and exhaust, headers
-JVC, Eclipse, Pioneer, MTX, Phoenix Gold, Planet Audio

 

about 10,000 including car. (4,800 car)

 

Atleast I know im not the only one with an addiction......DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!

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wishmister@yahoo.com

1987 White IROC-Z
305 TPI LB9 273 Rear Gear
700-R4 auto tranny
97,000 miles
KYB's
Performance Resource Chip
Flowmaster Muffler
Ported/Polished Plenum by "Daniel Burk"
Holley AFPR
Throttle Body Coolant bypass
TPIS air Foil
TPIS MAT Relocation Kit
K&N's
Gutted air box
Accel 8.0 plug wires
Moroso Super Coil
Blue Streak Cap and Rotor
Boush Patinum +4's
Mobil 1 15/50 Synthetic motor oil
Mobil 1 synthetic Trans fluid.

 

I added up all my receipts a couple months ago and they came to just under $12,000. That included the 3,200 I paid for the car itself. Since then I have probably put in another $200. I hope nothing forces me to sell this thing. BIG loss. This reminds me, I need to up my insurance coverage.

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1984 Z/28
GoodWrench 350, Edlebrock Performer intake, MSD 6AL Super HEI kit, Crane CompuCam 2040, Edelbrock headers, Catco cat, Flowmaster aftercat, K&N, Custom 700R4, B&M Megashifter, Eibach springs, Energy Suspension Hyperflex kit, KYB GR-2 struts/shocks, Jegster adj LCA's, Lakewood adj panhard bar, BFG Comp T/A's, 180* stat, AutoMeter Pro-Comp COOLANT GUAGE.

 

My car was 500 bucks and if you count the two trannys and two engines I have had the total is about 17 G's. I did get money back for selling old parts but if you want to go fast you got to have CASH.

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84 Camaro ZZ4 with HOT cam. 1.88 60' (12.98 @ 105MPH E.T.)
Other Mods: You name it and I have probably changed it.

2001 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 5.9L 4*2

ASE Certified Auto Tech
LIVE AND DIE BY THE ALMIGHTY BOWTIE!

 

Receipts??? who keeps receipts?

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Nice car: 1988 Formula 355, mildly ported/polished Vortec heads, RPM intake, Comp Cams Extreme 268 cam, 650 Holley double pumper, 5-speed/3.73 Richmond gears, and N02 on the way
Old 1/4mile: 13.5@105mph

Evil Car: 78 Pontiac Grand Prix, 500inch caddy motor, edlebrock intake,HP Holley 750 DP race prepped carb, B@M TH350 tranny, 16inch Iroc-Z rims, blacked out chrome, soon to run 10's...

There's no replacement for displacement!

 

1995 Z28/M6 with 1LE pkg from original owner...$15,500 in Dec '98

Parts, repairs & mods...$6,000 (estimate)

Future parts, " ".........$10,000 (estimate)

1/8 mile time (Apr '00)......8.06/89MPH

Future 1/4 time (hopefully!)....10.999999999
(naturally aspirated)



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Dan Young
1995 Z28/M6
Groton, CT

1984 Z28/A4 - Prospective purchase

 

so far including the car(2000), and the engine(2000) and brakes(700) and suspension(140) and steering column(230) and tires(350), and stereo, (250) and LOTS OF GAS(40 bucks a week),and im sure theres a ton more that i dont remember off the top of my head, id say i have far too much to ever think of getting a profit...

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86 Z28 red,
originally LG4,
new 350,
non comp Qjet,
T-5 five speed with new clutch,
stock 3.23 gears, Edelbrock Performer intake,
crane 272H cam,
Accel 8mm wires,
Edelbrock performer cat- back,
Homemade cold/forced air intake.
KYB GR-2 struts and shocks.
Grant GT leather wrap steering wheel.
Sony X-plod stereo.
Optima 6x9's

Future mods:
NOS,
Edelbrock TES headers, hi flo cat.
MSD igniton,
3.73 posi rear

cars i've beaten:
95' Avenger, 88 Mustang GT, 70' Mustang , 97 Dodge Ram, 94 firebird formula, 92 Mustang GT, 94' 3000GT VR4, 97' Honda Accord (just barely), countless many ricers....

 

When I first bought my race car it was a street car in very good condition. It already had the 383 (that I finally blew up) and a 700R4 tranny. I paid $5000 for it 2 years ago mainly because the body was in mint condition with only a few dings, no rust at all. Since then I've completely gutted the car and changed the complete powertrain. Not counting the big block I'm currently building I guess I've invested about another $3000-$5000. The big block should cost about $6000-$7000 when I finally get it installed.

All prices in Canadian funds

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Stephen's racing page

87 IROC-Z Pro ET Bracket Race Car
383 stroker (carbed) with double hump cast iron heads and pump gas
454 Big Block buildup now in progress for the 2001 racing season

Best results before the 383 blew up
Best ET on a time slip: 11.857 altitude corrected to 11.163
Best MPH on a time slip: 117.87 altitude corrected to 126.10
Altitude corrected rear wheel HP based on power to weight ratio: 476.5
Best 60 foot: 1.662

Racing at 3500 feet elevation but most race days it's over 5000 feet density altitude!
Member of the Calgary Drag Racing Association

87 IROC bracket car, 91 454SS daily driver, 95 Homebuilt Harley

 

Well now that I know that Im not the only one spending big money on their rides. Hmmm, I woner where I'll start next.

I guess I start to make the little 305 faster without having to pull the motor.

Hmm, what shall it be?..


How fast do you think my car is as it sits?


Not fast I would guess..

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wishmister@yahoo.com

1987 White IROC-Z
305 TPI LB9 273 Rear Gear
700-R4 auto tranny
97,000 miles
KYB's
Performance Resource Chip
Flowmaster Muffler
Ported/Polished Plenum by "Daniel Burk"
Holley AFPR
Throttle Body Coolant bypass
TPIS air Foil
TPIS MAT Relocation Kit
K&N's
Gutted air box
Accel 8.0 plug wires
Moroso Super Coil
Blue Streak Cap and Rotor
Boush Patinum +4's
Mobil 1 15/50 Synthetic motor oil
Mobil 1 synthetic Trans fluid.

 

Car: $5000

Things that broke or needed to be replaced:
ECM: $116
MAF: $365
Plugs: $21
Plug Wires: $69
Starter: $79
Alernator: $130
Battery: $85
Tires: $465
Ball Joints/Alignment: $222
Fuel Pump: $483

Performance Parts:
K&Ns: $45
Headers: $320
Cat-Back: $260
P.R. Chip: $210
Air Foil: $45
Cap, Rotor, Coil: $66
Cam and all: $320

$5000 + $2015 + $1266 = $8281!!!!!



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1987 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z
L98 TPI 350 (5.7L)
TH 700R-4 Transmission with 2.77:1 Rear End

Current Mods: Edelbrock TES 1 5/8" Headers, Hooker 3" Aerochamber Cat-Back System, Performance Resource Chip with 160* Thermostat, Accel Ignition Coil, Cap, Rotor, 8.8mm Wires, K&N Filters, JET TPI Air Foil, All Free Mods, Falken ZIEX Z-Rated Tires.

Best ET : 14.32 @ 97.7mph
(corrected for elevation)

Next on the list: LT4 HOT Cam

 

Paid 3700 for an 85 T/A with a new 305. I have since put in close to 2000 (not including paint) in it. I got hosed on this one. I hope to see 3000 when I put it up for sale in a week or so. Oh well. I just like to work on cars, fix them up and sell them. If I ever buy another 3rd Gen, it will be with a 350 and a nineties model.

 

Lets see..

Car: $3500


Hatchback Shocks: ~$50
New T-top: $75
K&N: $45
O2 Sensor: $?? (Can't remember)
Miscelaneous cleaning agents: ~$100
Miscelaneous paint touchup stuff: ~$10
Ram Air II hood: $385 + Shipping $80
Repair of Ram Air II hood: $300 (Still not done yet)
Rims, Polished, Clearcoated: $350

Total: $1400 ACK! Didn't realize!

Future Work to be done:

Repair Front of car: $800
White faced guages + interior lights: ~$150
Minor interior repair: ~$100
New Plugs/Wires: ~????

Upcoming Big Projects:

Headers / Exhaust: ~????
Interior Completely redone w/ new color: ~????
Lowering of Car 1" or 1.5": ~????

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Houston f-body Member Page
Home Page (and pics of my car too!)
1989 305 tbi Camaro RS Red/Red
Flowmasters
K&N

[This message has been edited by Sonar_un (edited December 30, 2000).]

 

alot of money indeed!!,but much less than a new car,I'm putting in a new engine that will cost me somewhere around $3000. just did new brakes and power steering for a total of $500.selling it now is not an economical alternative.

 

I spent $3500 on the '82Z and I've easily spent another $2500 on top of that...and I haven't even gotten to the expensive stuff yet

Kinda sucks because of the kinda car I coulda bought for $6000 would probably be faster than mine now, but I should be very happy with it when I'm finished.

 

Just hitting hte major expenses and not the minors:

5800 car
505 Be Cool Aluminum Radiator
2400 Bowtie Block + machining
2518 Lunati rotating assembly
300 custom roller cam
1800 Sportsman II heads with lunati springs
1235 Miniram
2495 Strange 12-bolt with 4.11's
420 stud girdle and rockers
575 slp headers
500 Mufflex 4" exhaust
200 Random Tech cat
250 Lunati solid roller lifters
250 ATI super dampner
200 cloyes timing chain cover + timing chain
200 oil pan and pump and gaskets
225 csi mini starter
500 autometer gauges
300 accel ignition, coil, msd wires, cap rotor
175 csi flexplate
705 vigilante convertor
1300 level 10 prepped 700 r4
350 Denny's Driveshaft
1400 suspension stuff: LCA, sub frame, torq arm etc.
350 throttle body
400 injectors
700 accel DFI + harness
600 weld rims and slicks

grand total thus far: $26,653

and I left out a lot of little things that add up. This proce does not include the procharger, or the canfield aluminum heads that are coming this summer.




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1991 Formula w/ K&N filter running 11's. MAN THAT IS SOME FILTER!

 

Car-$6500
Paint-$2200
Rims-$1000
Tires-$800
Hood-$875(475 for hood and 400 to paint)
Interior-$500
Audio-$1900(dealer cost)
Springs,susp.,etc.-$500
Engine acc.-$400
Misc reciepts(hardware,pads,special tools,etc.)-$800
So far about $17,275.
I haven't done much to the engine because it's about to be replaced with a 383 hopefully by mid-spring.I still have new Momo seats to go in and some interior pieces left to replace.It should then be ready for the Texas Heat Wave car show this summer.


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'91 RS 5.0 TBI
New paint-solid black
ROH Snyper wheels-17x9 wrapped in 275/40/17
Eibach sportline springs
ASCD SS hood
Flowmaster cat-back
TBI mods
383 implantation soon to come.

[This message has been edited by RSpeed (edited January 01, 2001).]

 

I've got almost $7 grand in mine.
$1300 for the car and $5500 in parts and labor.

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Zepher
'86 Pontiac Trans Am WS6, LG4 305, 5 Speed, CF DF Clutch,
Edelbrock 1406 Carb, Edelbrock Performer RPM 7101 Intake Manifold.
Edelbrock Open Element Air Cleaner: Flowmaster Exhaust, 160* Thermostat,
Grant GT Steering Wheel, MSD HEI Coil, Taylor 8mm Wires, Leather 96 Camaro SS Seats,
Alpine CD+Changer,Alpine V12 Amps, Premier TS-1040C Subs, Polk Audio highs/mids.
Best ET: 14.94@91.67
High Speed Run: 157mph
WS6 Trans Am

 

I purchased my baby for 7500 (CDN, about 5000 USD) Dropped 1000 into it (700 usd)
Dropping 4 g's into it in the spring for a 9" and maybe a better suspension.
total bout 9g's

 

i have 2,800 in my bone stock 85 ta. should go up drasticaly from here on out!

 

Bought it for 1400.
450 For Exhuast.
300 In Fixing stuff.
100 On ignition.
Between 40 and 60 a week On gas, Had the car since early October....

figure 400 On gas.

Looking at 3 grand, and Ive only had it Since october


I gotta stop spending Money On it tho, Cause the Damn Ford Needs some Luvin!

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60 Ranchero - Project ( Money Hole )
85 Sport Coupe LG4 - Daily Driver

Livin' the Stereotype

 

1G

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'82 Firebird, dead stock, 9 bolt disc rear, over 200,000 miles and still going strong, more to come...

 

hmm
car was $2000
stereo $500
Exhaust around $750 (including welding)
so thats $3250 thats only the stuff i have kept track of though. Id say there might be a couple hundred more dollars in her from little stuff

ive taken a break on dumping my weekly paycheck into this car though cause im saving for a jeep

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-Stock Tbi 305 with a lot of damn miles
-Edelbrock Z28 TES Headers
-3 inch Catco High Flow Cat
-3 inch Edelbrock Catback

Stereo
-Pioneer DEH-P4100 cd player
-Polk Dx9 6x9s

[This message has been edited by 1989CamaroRs (edited January 02, 2001).]

 

$200 for car (85 IROC-Z)
$400 in engine parts
$160 for IROCZDAVE parts

total $760 invested into my baby with along way to go.

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www.thirdgenfbody.com - Leading the F-body into a 5th generation

85 IROC-Z
305 TPI
Bone Stock
Dead for the winter

"Their's nuthing like the sound of a small block chevy and a bass thumping sound system in the morning" - me


For those of you who do not know how to post pics, e-mail me your pics and your mb screen name and i'll post the pics on my site at www.thirdgenfbody.com/pics/yourname then post them on the message board for you, but please keep them small. I recently recived 7 diffrent emails from a unidentified user that crashed my comp - sharp85iroc@email.msn.com

 

About $10k to date. Another $2k when the paint job is done (everything is jambed already). And yes it is for sale, but it'll cost you more than ~$12k I've got into it .

Miles


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88 427 Camaro
12.18 @ 113mph 1.75 60ft

www.koolmeister.com

 

well lets see....i put a $600 exhaust system in my '79 Firebird (which was free, curtousy of my aunt), and a $500 stereo system. Then i got an 88 GTA for $4500, $400 for a complete tune-up, took the stereo from the 79 and put it in the GTA (another $250), then 200 for flowmaster, 200 for hypertech chip, 50 for K&N filter, 50 for TB Airfoil, and a couple hundred to replace the heater core. So if i do the math correctly i'd say around $7k.

 

Poll answer, about $12 g's. $5,900 for the car, which was in excellent cond. when I bought it two years ago, about $4,500 for the engine rebuild and new drive train, and a couple more thousand for for miscellaneous expenses. ie, tires, shocks and struts, brakes, alternator and starter replacements, and an expensive experience with a bad VATS system, almost $800 bucks!

 

IROC - $3500
1ST exhaust - $100
2nd exhaust - $700 (didn't pay w/ my money)
1st paint - $500
2nd paint (total repaint) after wreck - $6000
superram - $300
slp cam - $250
valve job - $75
2 sets of tires - $1200
trans work - $300
motor mounts - $50
slp coated headers - $850
edel tpi base - $400
holley tb - $100
holley afpr - $50
injectors - $200
mallory distributor - $50
maf - $300
computer troubleshooting at dealer - $300
steering wheel - $100
stereo & cd changer - $500
water pump - $75
radiator - $100
hood and hatch struts - $75
K&N - $40

OMG, that's over $17K and that doesn't include lots of other ****! guess I won't be selling her anytime soon. lol p.s.- that total is since 1993 and doesn't include lots of spare wheels and other parts I've accumulated "just in case"



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87 IROC-Z, 5.7, auto, 3.27, leather, !cat, Holley fpr, K&N'S, SLP 1-3/4" Jet-Hot coated headers, SLP .218/.224 .495/.502 cam, Comp 1.5 roller tip rockers, $uperPITAram, Edelbrock lower intake, Holley 52mm tb, Dynomax\Flowmaster catback. Coming Soon(?)- Fasttrack/Accell DFI

1989 Pontiac 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am - 161,000 miles, !cat, 9" K&N

 

I just got to about $6500 after spending $1100 for 4th gen rear and all the rear suspension parts i could buy. but that's a good thing b/c it's 89 GTA and now i can't sell for a profit and can spend lots of money to make it fast instead of just keeping it going. I feel better seeing people that spent 17Gs on a thirdgen.

 

Paint & body work 90.00 Did it myself. Sweet metallic silver.
SLP muffler 65.00
Shocks, struts, idler arm, center link 165.00
Maintaince (oil, ect) about 100.00
Performer intake 110.00
Car 2500.00
More to come!

 

too dam much!!

porbably around 5-6 thousand, and it was all my money too. still wanna paint again and do some more performance mods too. lookin at around 10gs when im done.

daniel

 

$4800 for the car. Well worth it. Awesome condition! About $300 bucks in parts that didn't need to be changed: iac valve ($104), map sensor ($98), thermostat ($45), ignition module ($48), tps ($28), cts ($85). The extreme prices of the iac vavle, map sensor, and cts was due to the fact that my parents didn't trust me and had a mechanic do the work instead. That's ok though. I made them pay for those expenses. BTW, I don't have a single mod on my car. Maybe one day I'll catch up to you guys.

 

4,200 $$ for the car and another 4000$$ in parts and toys under the hood and tranny rebuild. man it hurts but driving her and looking at her makes the pain go away.

 

5,450 bucks in it so far. Not bad considering that you can't find a camaro convertible in cincinnati for less than 7,500 (asking price-i know, it sounds crazy, but someone is paying it) in my condition(not actually as nice as mine). But a new exhaust is on the way and leather interior will empty my bank account. Oh well, i am only 18, i got plenty of time to make more money to stick in the car.

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91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows

 

Welp, lemme see...heh...

Car: 4000
Major Repairs after i got it: 3000
New Tranny: 997
Misc. Sensors, etc (ya know the stuff that makes that annoying light go off): 1500
Soon, with my Fuel Pump and Temp Sensor, heh we can add some more dollars onto that bad boy... I still love the ole' tired beast though... Gotta admit guys/gals, the fun factor that comes with our cars after accomplishments (cam, headers, whatever mod it may be) just makes up for it all in the end...or is that the WEEKend

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89 IROC-Z 350 TPI

-Flowmaster Catback
-Performance Resource Chip
-700R4 (Rebuilt) Too much done to actually list
-K&N Airfilters
-Ported Plenum
-2.77 Gears (not much to brag about but eh, its there)
-MSD 8.5 mm plug wires
-Problems every other day with the car (probably not a mod, but to me it sure makes a difference)

 

Pushing $30,000. Damn, That would buy me a damned nice Vette!

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Old: 1989 Formula, 383", DFI, built 700R4, TFS heads, Mini-Ram, Vortech S-trim 15 psi, 3.70 gears
Best ET: 10.796 @ 125.8 mph

New: 1989 T/A, 406", Accel Pro-Ram, DFI, AFR heads, HRC Turbosystem, NOS 150-hp dry kit, TH400 w/GV overdrive, 9" w/3.70 gears, 8-pt. S&W rollbar, 18" wheels
Best ET: Spring 2001

Employed at:
Hahn Racecraft
Accel EMIC/DFI Tuning
Turbosystems & Custom EFI

Member of Midwest F-Body Association www.mfba.org

 

I bought my '83 Z28 for $650, got a new front clip from an '87 RS for $500 and painted it in my garage for $200. I got the windows professionaly tinted for $200. Other than that most of the mods I have done costed only my time and patience...

I hand polished the factory sand cast aluminum rims... they are smooth and shiny now. I fabricated cold air induction with a jigsaw and some chicken wire. I lowered the front suspension with a cold chop saw. I extended the '83 rocker panels with aluminum weather stripping and short strand fiberglass... and more.

All in all, I probabely have about $1500 into the car... it runs and looks sweet... I am building a 350 for it now.

 

GMI,

Yup, or you could spend the same $$$ and build a numbers match street sleeper yourself.

1- very ugly 1966 Corvette Coupe - #'s match- $14,700

1- gigantic pile of mail order parts, machine work, etc. $13,000

1- Huge dose of man hours, and 1 extremely helpful brother.

=

Nassau Blue midyear coupe that looks bone stock and runs 12.68 ET @ 109 mph corrected.

I'll have $29,000 in it by the time it's all the way finished - and it will be worth about $35,000.

But, alas, it ain't fer sale. It's my Prozac replacement therapy. Ho,Ho,Ho.....


BOR

 

I don't think anybody wants to really add it up - especially if the spousal unit is in the room.

But...

$200 for car
$850 for parts car
Another $350 (after subtracting parts sold) to get it running
Recently:
$75 for ignition parts
$360 for tires
~$100 for oil, filters, etc.

Oh, I just filled it up with gas today. I guess that puts me over $2k.

(Won't add in the 1320' entry fees last summer)


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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R. 2.73 unlimited slip. Cat-back from '91 GTA, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LB9 w/ZZ3 cam, TBD heads, exhaust, paint, etc.).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. 0.030 over 396, Weiand Action+, Edelbrock 1901 Q-Jet, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" headers, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & shift kit, 3.08 10-bolt, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Best 15.1 @ 5800' Bandimere. Daily driver while Camaro was being put together.

 

Mint 56k 1986 canary yellow t-top IROCZ: $5500

3" EXHAUST WITH 2 CHAMBER FLOWMASTER AND CHROME TIPS: $350

PIONEER CD PLAYER WITH NEW JENSEN SPEAKERS: $250

RADIATOR:$140

NEW TIRES SOON:$300 INCLUDING MOUNTING

ABOUT $15-$20 IN GAS A WEEK