How much money have you put in your v6? Performance mods and tell me the mods and how much hp and tq your cars got? 2.8s expecially..

 

Oh, ya...for all the I know my 2.8s stock but I just got the car back about 5 months ago and am dead broke with nomoney to upgrade it..all ive done was fix interior up a hair..

 

about 4 grand just to keep it running. that includes new motor, transmission, and many other pieces of junk. So, w/ that much invested, there's no reason to sell the car, guess i'll be having to do the Ls1 swap to make my life worthwhile. lol.

 

well i dunno how much i dumped into the car really...

umm... 100 bucks total for pulleys and install service
400 bucks for dual exhaust
300 prior to that back with my original exhaust setup
and i think i'm going back to the set up so add about another 500 within the next year...
3.4L engine was 350... installing was roughly like 300...
the intake total was 150 bucks
i got ripped off... but then again i didn't pay for it...
the intake is awesome... its just that putting it in cost me an arm and a leg... and it looks great...
80 bucks for MSD Helicore wires...

i would have more stuff... but thanx to a hit and run accident(i was hit) i had to pay a shhhload of money...

i plan on spending about another 700 bucks soon

i really don't know how much power i have
i'd guess anywhere between
160-190 horses
200-230 torque
thats just a guess... i know i'm not stock, but i'm not producing high numbers either

 

Lets just say that if I were offered $15,000 for it I would not sell it. (no one would offer that either) I don't ever intend to sell it.

 

What I dont understand is why some of you guys keep on dumping **** loads of money in these v6s..no way..I cant wait till i get a v8..but i dont exactly have the money for one right now..but im not going to fix up this engin at all drive her till she blows..then get v8..or just buy v8 next summer..but im planing on getting a donor car that has a nice runing 5.7 350 and haven it rebuilt and transmission fixed and all that good stuff for the swap..

 

I've put in about $1200-$1400 total, including cost of car & engine swap. May not seem a lot compared to some, but I've spread the money out over a year and half. not too expensive that way

for the answer, please do a search on the 345,679 locked threads on that discussion.

 

I could buy a V8 anytime I want, Problem is- I don't want one- why?- the V6's out handle the V8's hands down because of more even weight bias. This is why I opted for one for cornering abilities. Things like autocross you don't need massive amounts of power, you need a car that can carry its speed through corner after corner.

 

Well i want mad power! hehe..

 

8

 

the answer then is either:

a)89 TT/A
or
b)Just about any year Turbo Regal

 

car, 400
intake, 40
pullys, 75
Exhaust, 250'ish
Tranny, 1000
tranny mount, 40
upper intake gasket set, 20
oil pressure unit, 25
and much much more sensors I dont wannt think about!!!!

I would say about 3000-3500 in all. Still have more to go!!

 

I have to disagree here. I find my IROC much nicer to drive than my Sport Coupe.

 

After 9 years, I'd imagine I've put over $20,000 into my car. If you have to ask, you'd never understand. It's my hobby and my money, so I don't care.

If you want to put it into perspective, some people collect rare stamps... imagine buying a stamp for $5000. Doesn't mean much to you or I, but it means something to the guy who dropped $5k.

Eventually, I'll have a v8 as a project car- but don't count on me selling my '86.

 

$1400 for the car

$30 for 16x8 IROC wheels, and rear end
$8 for 245/5016s up front, and $255/50/16s in the back
$100 for 4th gen seats
$40 new fender
$40 misc j-yard parts (trim pieces, hatch motor)

$200 for '89 T5 WC (spare)

about $75 tune up parts

so about $1900 so far. Runs superb, clicked a traction limited 17.4 @ 79mph... just straight piped the cat, going to up to 12ş timing, and let you all know Wednesday how that runs.

 

I'm not talking about the piece of crap stock suspensions- of course a stock Iroc will handle better than a stock V6 setup.

You build your Iroc to the max and it will not be able to hang with my car built to the max with a lighter V6 up front. Your car will still have the notorious push known to V8's that the V6's wont suffer from- more neutral weight bias front to rear because the V6 is lighter by almost 200lbs than the V8. Fact is fact- A V6 built right will out handle a V8 built right.

 

Good point Agood28, all them super cars are almost 50/50 front to rear weight ratios. I never even thought of that before.

Alot of the money I have spent on mine was little nickle dime stuff.

Forgot to list the brand new hatch motor I bought, and some of the apperence, and "upgrade" parts that werent 100% needed, but while I'm working on it, upgrade it!!!

200 for hatch motor
175 for hood
35 for fender and noses.
175 for blisterpacks
25 for fender lights.

Somewhere I have a list of every part I bought up tell the time it ran.

Anyone know where a 34mm/21mm swaybar setup is cheap?

 

All I know is I coulda bought a decent TPI car for the amount of money I dumped in. But having the V-6 probably kept me alive when I first got the car. Now it is finally a moderatly reliable driver (I drive it to college and back, 250 miles each way) and I have the T/A to dump money in.

 

Well, let me see:
1200 for car
250 for tires
200 for rims
50 for cat
150 new rear seat
15 fuel filter
30 for gaskets for my exhaust
30 for paint for my rims
150 for stuff that I forgot
=$2075
Now that I have a job I am going to be saving up my money so that I can build a new engine. Don't hate me for this but I am building a 383 with vortec heads, SDPC base, SLP runner and stock ported upper plenum. I am getting a nice tranny and a ford 9 inch rear. I will always love the V6 but I am yearning for more power.

 

Car 4000
MSD ignition system 250
Flowmaster exhaust and highflow cat 500 installed
pullys 50 bucks
CAI about 30 bucks
3 rebuilt trannys DONT ASK
Chip 40 bucks
SES light first night i had the car 300 bucks
Basicly i coulda boughten a new Trans Am with all the money my car has sucked outta me
I have about 13,000 into a 5,000 dollar car
Oh cant forget the stereo system 800

 

Tooooooooo Fuc king Much

 

I feel the same way, but I haven't invested as much money as you.



$200---Accel 300+ and coil
$13----Accel Cap and Rotor
$10----180 degree thermostat
$50----MSD 8.5mm wires
$50----Accel Ignition Module
$40----Bosch Platnum +4 spark plugs
$30----Seat covers to replace rip in seat
$8-----Cushion pad for driver seat, more comfortable
$110--BMR sway bar and poly bushings
$140--KYB struts and shocks
$50---Borla Exhaust tips
$1000-GTA wheels (new) + Nitto 450 tires
$50----K&N Filter
$20----Materials for CAI
$60----Silicon Hoses
$130--Dynomax Cat-Back
$100--High Flow Cat (GM)
$500--Kenwood CD player w/Pioneer speakers
$30---EGR valve
$300--R134a conversion (done right)


So I have at least $2,891 invested in my car right now. I don't consider repair costs because it is a part of normal maintance that every car needs over time. Lots of the things mentioned were repairs too.

Considering that most people have $2000 in just stereo equipment in thier cars, I don't think that is alot spread over 4 years.


I can't tell you what hp and torque, but my car runs a lot better than when I first got it. I don't care about bhp and tq numbers. I am concerned more about how much time they take off my 0-60.

Bone stock it was 11. Now it is down into the mid to upper 8 second range. I never ran the 1/4 so I don't have a time for that.

 

WHOA! Mid to upper 0 second range! Gotta be the coil, right? Just busting yer chops man, lol...

 

LOTS, just to keep it running. The reason I keep dumpning the money into a V6 is because I can't afford the insurance/gas on a V8. I've put sooo much money into this thing, that I have to keep it forever. My kids are gonna drive this thing once I get my 2002 35th SS. =) That's gonna be a while though, so the good ol' sixer is good for me. As long as I am a good enough driver to be able to show the ricers what's up, then I'm happy.

 

Well, I guess i have more in my car than most of you do...

Car- roughly 12,000 dollars, February 1, 1992 From Elliott Popham Pontiac Olds Buick GMC.
Rims- $175
tires-$275
suspension bushings- $85
Shocks& struts- $150
9 bolt posi disc brake rear- $400
NOS nitrous system- $460
Stereo system- $900
Catback exhaust- $250
High flow Cat- $120

I can't think of anything else right now, so the grand total is: $14,815. This is all the mods I have done since I bought the car new, with 6 miles on it. I didn't count the repair stuff, like having to put a new oil pan on it when i ran over a rock in the road and knocked a small hole in it, etc...

 

i have put my fare share of money into my car but the person who put the bulk of the money into making it what it is today was the previous owner who is my cousin.
$200- car body
$1098- have block machined and rebuilt
$400- heads rebuilt with HO size valves
that is just to name a few things the whole suspension was rebuilt as well. overall he prolly put about $5000 into the car. i have put about $600 into it since ive bought it here is a few things ive bought
$150-complete tune up with accel coil, wires, cap rotor and splitfire plugs, $35-asp crank pulley, $89.99-lakewood lca's, $12-160*thermostat, $42-b&m shift kit, $30-exhaust cutout

 

$900 for the car.
$75 dollars for a tune up
$110 New Radiator
$125 Redone the brakes - Master, Caliper, Rear Cylinders,Pads, Shoes, Profanity, Mess, etc.


Needs - Sail Panels, Headliner, Dash Pad, Visors, R134A Conversion, A V8, A new tranny to go with the V8, Shocks, Struts, New Vacuum Hoses, Something to add bass to the stereo system, grille, paint, oil pressure sending units, exhaust manifold gaskets, on and on.....

Just Another $2K~$3K if I'm lucky, and I'll still have a 17 year old car


Why did I buy this thing? Oh Yeah , It's a Camaro. And It's Mine. Non-Camaro owners and wives just don't understand.

 

$550 for the car
$75-$90 for tune up parts
$5 or oil filter wrench cause mine didnt fit
$90 or so for exhaust tips
$190 for B&M megashifter (waste of money)
$150 on primer and bondo
$40 on z28 hood
$6 on fabric cleaner
$250 on sound system
$287 on paint job
$50 on rims
$50 on mis. junkyard parts
$20 for new arm rest
adds up to a whoping $1763..thats in a month and a half too..wow

 

Ok considering I got the car in 89 for $8000.00 w/ 17,000 miles. Very good deal back then...

I'm sure I will leave out a ton of stuff and even more I don't have $ figures on or that I will have wrong $ on....

REMEMBER THIS IS A SHOW CAR!

Before I could do it myself...top end of engine rebuilt and misc drivabilty...$2500
Before I could do...bottom end rebuilt...$2400
New tranny & install....$1100-1200
Misc maintenance over the years...who knows!

Current maitenance I and boyfriend have done in past 2 years chasing crazy backfire and 100,000 mile drivability issues (no labor costs) replace sensors, plugs, wires, gaskets, blah, blah, blah...$1000.00 or so

PERFORMANCE & HANDLING: (current stuff)
Current shock and struts...$120 I think...
Current Rims...$1100 or so
Current Tires...$640
New suspension bushings for everything (Energy suspension)...$200 I think
New used TA sways and steering box...$50
Aluminum Drive shaft...$100
Shift kit (I installed)...$95
New torque converter being custom built...$275.00 (2800 stall)
Long tube headers (not installed yet, no $ figure..need y-pipe too)...$15
Reed cam... $150 or so
Fiero valve covers: $20
Dist rebuild... $70-80
Balancer... $40
Used, but cleaned and blueprinted 19lb ford injectors...$50
SFC...$200 or so
Porting and polishing...plenum thru heads...freebie (did myself)
Ceramic coated exhaust manifolds .after I polished...$100
Exhaust...$300
Optima...$80 (massive discount)
New disc 3.73 rearend and prop valve + recall rebuild kit...$210
(got deal supposed to be $450) has practically new pads and rotors
Cross drill & slotted rotors..$100
Eibach prokit springs...freebie
Herb Adams Panhard and Granatelli LCAs...freebie
Wonderbar…freebie
Adj fuel pressure reg…$40 or so
New programming chip… $20
Sneaky Pete NOS…$100
Timing chain, lifters, springs, misc for new cam and such…$250 or so
Roughly ~ $4300 or so….prices not exact probably more like $5000 when you figure in the discounts & freebies…
bad memory plus above maintenance = $6000 to $6500
Now Count what I saved in the porting I did my self & labor costs and ….wow!

LOOKS: (current stuff)
Paint job $1000 (show quality good deal friend did)
GFX... $300
Tint... $350
Soundproofing...$300
Sound sys...$600
Alpine head unit...freebie
Carpet...$150
Seats...$100 (complicated, but really worth $600)
Headlight mod & fogs...$150
Neons & aux lighting...$500
Interior trim stuff & aux. guages...$500
Spoilers & paint...$300
Hood & paint...$950
Shaving...freebie
Engine dress up... paint, looms, hoses...$500
Coolflex...$250 or so
4thgen mirrors...$80

Roughly~ $6000.00

Custom stuff I designed & fabricated & Labor...$priceless

So I have close to 12,500 in stuff I paid out…
Again remember this current stuff was done little by little, since 99…
That’s around $200 a month, way less then a new car payment, and you know, I would have to mod a new car…

Now before you Flame me about the looks stuff, it is a SHOW car & my DAILY DRIVER. My ONLY car (wagon died & dually will not fix...)
Remember engine swaps take time...& I'm about even b/w performance and looks…
Now I need new track times to see what the new performance mods have done (rear, shift kit, torque converter, fixed timing) (finally) & chip…. But I'm guessing I should be in the impressive end of 2.8 performance finally...
Also to note yes I could have put in a V-8 with the $ I have spent, but until recently i could not do it myself, nor did I have a good idea of what I wanted...
The original LT1 idea...its going in the 82...the n I can drive it and take down RAIF for a 3.8 turbo (TTA or GN motor) We know someone who has a GN motor, hopefully Joe & I can do some painting for him and offset the cost of the motor and I can get it...

 

Wow, you guys keep track of what you spend? That's cool. I started a notebook when I first got my car; I think I have my first oil change written down in it, and that's it. Damned if I know where the notebook is, either!