Who has spent the most?
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Joined: Jun 2001
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From: "Shoulda Gotton An LS1 Racin"
If you don't have a lot of $$$ & you spent a lot of $$$ on your car, DON'T add up your reciepts!!! Don't even think about it. I did count & istantly got sick. Now I just keep spending more!!! I could have paid a huge chunk of my mortgage!!!
But noooooo
By the way all the $$$$ I have spent on my Z is all blamed on...
YOU GUYS!!!!! 
But noooooo By the way all the $$$$ I have spent on my Z is all blamed on...
YOU GUYS!!!!!
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,505
From: looking for a flow bench so Brook and I can race
BUILT ON HIGHSCHOOL/FRESHMAN COLLEGE BUDGET ALL BY MYSELF WITHIN 18 MONTHS (AGE 17-18)
forged pistons and rings- $520
billet connecting rods- $500
Crank, block- $750
balaning- $500
Flex plate: $80
Transmission: $950
Tq converter- $400
Brakes : $400
Wheels: $280
10 tires: $800
Ported Intake $90
longtubes/catback $780
Gears installed $650
Valvetrain: $850
Misc crap- $1500 (gaskets, small repairs, tips, stupid crap i broke, lost ect)
hood/paint: $500
recent accident $1500
seats: $800
T-top that flew off: $250
Ported Heads by friend: $500
PCMFORLESS.com: $100
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$12250
car: $6000
makeing my GRAND TOTAL 19,250
In the next few months add a 3800 stall, ford 9'', slicks, skinnies, rear suspension, 5pt harnesses and a cage and i should be edging the $25,000 mark
and if you want to get super technical- $25,000 for the truck i had to buy because i cant drive it around anymore
$50,000
on a side note, none of it was on credit, bought it all outright
(except the truck of coarse, but $8000 of that was down, half of which i put down 
)
ohh i have to say it wouldn't be possible without my best friend kev and his dad. I can only imagine what labor would have been on this! also my mommy paid insurance (i was a good boy and got bad *** grades/sat score) and for tires.
I'm sure i forgot some **** in there too...
$100 worth of audio comes to mind first off...
Edit:
All the extras too-
snythetic oil, tranny fluid done regularly, rear end fluid, coolant-
stuff that didn't need to be done every 7k miles
forged pistons and rings- $520
billet connecting rods- $500
Crank, block- $750
balaning- $500
Flex plate: $80
Transmission: $950
Tq converter- $400
Brakes : $400
Wheels: $280
10 tires: $800
Ported Intake $90
longtubes/catback $780
Gears installed $650
Valvetrain: $850
Misc crap- $1500 (gaskets, small repairs, tips, stupid crap i broke, lost ect)
hood/paint: $500
recent accident $1500
seats: $800
T-top that flew off: $250
Ported Heads by friend: $500
PCMFORLESS.com: $100
-------------------------------
$12250
car: $6000
makeing my GRAND TOTAL 19,250
In the next few months add a 3800 stall, ford 9'', slicks, skinnies, rear suspension, 5pt harnesses and a cage and i should be edging the $25,000 mark
and if you want to get super technical- $25,000 for the truck i had to buy because i cant drive it around anymore
$50,000
on a side note, none of it was on credit, bought it all outright
(except the truck of coarse, but $8000 of that was down, half of which i put down ) ohh i have to say it wouldn't be possible without my best friend kev and his dad. I can only imagine what labor would have been on this!
also my mommy paid insurance (i was a good boy and got bad *** grades/sat score) and for tires.I'm sure i forgot some **** in there too...
$100 worth of audio comes to mind first off...
Edit:
All the extras too-
snythetic oil, tranny fluid done regularly, rear end fluid, coolant-
stuff that didn't need to be done every 7k miles
Last edited by treyZ28; Jan 27, 2003 at 11:41 AM.
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,505
From: looking for a flow bench so Brook and I can race
ohh and just for the record-
had it not been for this websight
i'd be a buinsess major driving a maxima not knowing a thing about cars.
18 months ago i didn't know how to change my own oil.
NOW i'm a gear head, with a bad *** camaro and a silverado
YOU ALL OWE ME $50!
edit: this is going to be the "i forgot list"
battery, alternator, fog light cover, more to come:
had it not been for this websight
i'd be a buinsess major driving a maxima not knowing a thing about cars.
18 months ago i didn't know how to change my own oil.
NOW i'm a gear head, with a bad *** camaro and a silverado
YOU ALL OWE ME $50
!edit: this is going to be the "i forgot list"
battery, alternator, fog light cover, more to come:
Last edited by treyZ28; Jan 27, 2003 at 12:06 PM.
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 327
From: Fairmount, GA
This is bad for me b/c i'm building a motor now =\
TRW forged pistons - $225
Eagle forged SIR rods - $220
Nodular iron crank, w/ all the machine work - $300
Splayed 4-bolt caps - $200 give or take
LT4 hot cam kit - $470
LT4 intake manifold - $200
TPIS coated long tubes - $700
TPIS Y-pipe w/ dual cats - $340
OBDI ECU - $90
Custom programming to be done at Atlanta Chassis Dyno - $350
Non-Motor Related stuff:
Centerforce Dual friction clutch - $500
MAC progressive rate springs - $200
ARE GMMG wheels - $1250
Grand total not including gaskets, machine work, etc. - $5045
It hurts =\
TRW forged pistons - $225
Eagle forged SIR rods - $220
Nodular iron crank, w/ all the machine work - $300
Splayed 4-bolt caps - $200 give or take
LT4 hot cam kit - $470
LT4 intake manifold - $200
TPIS coated long tubes - $700
TPIS Y-pipe w/ dual cats - $340
OBDI ECU - $90
Custom programming to be done at Atlanta Chassis Dyno - $350
Non-Motor Related stuff:
Centerforce Dual friction clutch - $500
MAC progressive rate springs - $200
ARE GMMG wheels - $1250
Grand total not including gaskets, machine work, etc. - $5045
It hurts =\
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Joined: May 1999
Posts: 4,060
From: Inverness, FL
Trey, I must say, you are the only guy I know who has $33,000+ per year built into your budget for frivolous fun stuff (or just the car!) while going to college. You obviously aren't working at the corner Jiffy mart to make ends meet like many college students do Heck, for that matter, I don't know of many people who have that much in there budget for spending money even after getting out of college and landing a good job. Why bother with college if you can afford to blow $46,000 in 18 months while going to college???
Heck, for that matter, I don't know of many people who have that much in there budget for spending money even after getting out of college and landing a good job. Why bother with college if you can afford to blow $46,000 in 18 months while going to college???
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,505
From: looking for a flow bench so Brook and I can race
Because I was raised to be better than average!
also-
I refuse to be some 25 yr old living at home with a car that was cool 10 years ago and a white trash girlfriend that wears too much makeup and tight clothes even though she is 20lbs overwieght. I want my own place, to pay my own insurance, wife, kids and my own sence of accomplishment yada yada. You get the gig
I must say this though-
My dad did give $300 towards the nitrous (which i put towards fuel and traded stuff for a nitrous system) and my mom did pay for the new tires twice (once when i bought the car, and once when i finished the motor- both times i was broke
)
I was a sales rep for a skateboard/surf/snowboard company (actually a sub rep for the bigshot of NY/NJ)
He would always let me sell his $450 snowboards that he bought as demo/sample boards. He would give them to me for like $!50 and i'd sell them for $300 easily!
$150 bindings, he gave me for $25, i sold for $100
Arnette sunglass/goggles. buy for $10, sell for $40.
Plus i got my own snowboards free ( I have $1500 worth of snowboards in my dorm) and all my clothing free too!
On top of it i made $11.50 h/r + 6% comission.
www.soletechnology.com
www.etnies.com
www.m-three.com
I also worked at a drug store for a while.
I had saved up enough money to buy the car outright from my paper route before i was 17
I am proud to say I NEVER sold drugs or did anything illegal for the money. I never willingly bought stolen stuff either (the only things i didn't buy from a shop were the pistons and rods, both from reputable people )
i still cant believe i spend $50,000
I still cant believe how much money i blew in highschool. I was seriously living it up. Eating at the deli everyday, **** i was buying my friends lunches (and still do from time to time). I just threw 2 days worth of partys at home this x-mas that cost me $80 in beer, i paid for beer for my friends. I drove all over (big gas $), went out atleast 3-4x a week- going to diners, movies, partys ect. I took like 5 or 6 snowboard trips (4 hrs away, $50 lift tickets, food ect), went to concerts
I was pretty wasteful at times too. I lost a $200 calculator, cell phones, ect.
Christ- I was living it up
You never know how great you have it, till its gone. Good thing I wasn't satisfied though- or else I wouldn't have gone to college
also-
I refuse to be some 25 yr old living at home with a car that was cool 10 years ago and a white trash girlfriend that wears too much makeup and tight clothes even though she is 20lbs overwieght. I want my own place, to pay my own insurance, wife, kids and my own sence of accomplishment yada yada. You get the gig
I must say this though-
My dad did give $300 towards the nitrous (which i put towards fuel and traded stuff for a nitrous system) and my mom did pay for the new tires twice (once when i bought the car, and once when i finished the motor- both times i was broke
)I was a sales rep for a skateboard/surf/snowboard company (actually a sub rep for the bigshot of NY/NJ)
He would always let me sell his $450 snowboards that he bought as demo/sample boards. He would give them to me for like $!50 and i'd sell them for $300 easily!
$150 bindings, he gave me for $25, i sold for $100
Arnette sunglass/goggles. buy for $10, sell for $40.
Plus i got my own snowboards free ( I have $1500 worth of snowboards in my dorm) and all my clothing free too!
On top of it i made $11.50 h/r + 6% comission.
www.soletechnology.com
www.etnies.com
www.m-three.com
I also worked at a drug store for a while.
I had saved up enough money to buy the car outright from my paper route before i was 17
I am proud to say I NEVER sold drugs or did anything illegal for the money. I never willingly bought stolen stuff either (the only things i didn't buy from a shop were the pistons and rods, both from reputable people )
i still cant believe i spend $50,000
I still cant believe how much money i blew in highschool. I was seriously living it up. Eating at the deli everyday, **** i was buying my friends lunches (and still do from time to time). I just threw 2 days worth of partys at home this x-mas that cost me $80 in beer, i paid for beer for my friends. I drove all over (big gas $), went out atleast 3-4x a week- going to diners, movies, partys ect. I took like 5 or 6 snowboard trips (4 hrs away, $50 lift tickets, food ect), went to concerts
I was pretty wasteful at times too. I lost a $200 calculator, cell phones, ect.
Christ- I was living it up
You never know how great you have it, till its gone. Good thing I wasn't satisfied though- or else I wouldn't have gone to college
Last edited by treyZ28; Jan 27, 2003 at 11:39 AM.
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,505
From: looking for a flow bench so Brook and I can race
Originally posted by jimlab
I think I win the award for the most spent on an LT1 engine... not going into an F-body.
I think I win the award for the most spent on an LT1 engine... not going into an F-body.
roughly how much did that cost if you dont mind me asking
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Joined: May 2000
Posts: 116
From: Northborough,MA
Originally posted by treyZ28
Because I was raised to be better than average!
also-
I refuse to be some 25 yr old living at home with a car that was cool 10 years ago and a white trash girlfriend that wears too much makeup and tight clothes even though she is 20lbs overwieght. I want my own place, to pay my own insurance, wife, kids and my own sence of accomplishment yada yada. You get the gig
Because I was raised to be better than average!
also-
I refuse to be some 25 yr old living at home with a car that was cool 10 years ago and a white trash girlfriend that wears too much makeup and tight clothes even though she is 20lbs overwieght. I want my own place, to pay my own insurance, wife, kids and my own sence of accomplishment yada yada. You get the gig
might as well put down what I speant too
MTI CAI - free (except it eventually drank some water and cost me an engine)
MAC cat back - originally free, then it rusted through and was replaced for $$ with another MAC ~ 100
headers ~ 300
replacement long block ~ 1500 or so out of pocket
kicking myself for not putting the insurance money into a performance rebuild ~ free
shocks ~ 300
clutch ~ 400
buying a new supercharger kit (and guages and ignition, etc) then turning around and selling it all ~ 1500 net
zaino addiction ~ 70
shifter ~ 100
skip shift disabler ~ 30 cents
subs + box + amp ~ 350
starter ~ 100
alternator ~ 100
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rough guess ~ $4820.30 with nothing to show for it
