Besides buying your cars, how much money have you guys put in aftermaket?

If you've spent 50k or zero k it's cool... I just wanna know where me and my lil v6 stand.

 

i am allmost at 10 grand

 

When I ran my best time?

$0

since then

$400 ZR1 rims
$90 Used hurst short throw shifter
$100 Zaino
$20 on towels for zaino
$40 for clear corners(not installed)
$15 for K&N
$10 for used stock lid
$3 homemade smooth baffles
$15 man fan switch(not installed)
$130 SLP takeoff LSD(not installed)
$300 nitrous kit(not installed)

Money I spent but kind of repair/maintenance
$200 power steering pump
$90 NGK plugs, 8.5MM MSD wires, 1000* heat sleeves
$475 for tires(probably about $75 more then my stocker tires since I got them for the Zr1s)
$8 fuel filter


$1123 fun stuff
$1888 total

 

Aftermarket:

Lid = $84
Muffler = $93


Repairs:

Faulty trans. seal = $723
Brake job = $343
Waterpump = $421
Speakers = $110
Turn singal bulb (last night) = $6

General Maintenance:

Tires (x2) = $1,211
Trans. Flush = $112
Coolant Flush = $72
Oil Changes & air filters ~ $200


That's all I can think of now.

Man my car's a money pit.

 

too much!

 

damn......i better not let my gf see this thread...........by the time im done, ill have spent $10g on a car thats only worth $6g+


and when im finished all that........ill want nitrous and a 9" rear. there goes another $3k.


i should just sell this stupid car and all my parts and buy a C5.

 

I've spent about $20K in mods.

 

got_hp: i'll sell you my 350 lt1 w/ 10k miles on it for 2300 and you can make it a 355 for cheap. pm me either way.


-Daniel

 

SLP CAI - $160
SLP Lowering PKG - $160
SLP Adjustabl Fuel Pressure Regulator - $50
FP Gauge - $80

$450 invested = 13.511 @ 101.45mph.

'98 LS1 28LB injectors - $50
HP HV Intank Walbro 255lph FP - $116
HD Meziere EWP - $219
NX 50-150 shot wet kit - $450
Nitto Drag Radials - $300

$1585 invested = 12.119 @ 115.42 spinning like a ***** and with far below NX's recommended bottle pressure.

SLP/Yank 2800 stall converter - $350
GM 10-bolt with a T/A Girdle and Stud Kit and GM Motive 3.73's. - $400
Power Programmer to correct for gears - $170

$2505 invested = 13.216 @ 103.97mph spinning, off the bottle.

Spray pull my PB 60' (1.762) = broken, already BUILT, tranny 12.304 @ 108.27mph.

New BUILT tranny and no new times.

BMR Tubular Adjustable Torque Arm - $250
GM 847 - $208 (sitting in my room).
Ported Stage 2 LT1 Heads (Stage 2.5) - $1250 (also sitting, waiting to go in).

$4213 Invested = No new times.

Getting the Tranny BUILT @ Ken's Performance :
1st time = $1450
2nd time = Free
3rd time = $1130 (gave me a great deal )

Total invested in my car, wether it's in the car or not yet, comes to a grand total of $6793.


Plus countless sets of tires, lol.


When everything is installed I should have a low 12 high 11 second LT1 N/A, and just a wee little bit faster on the 150 hit.

 

Forgot to add $150 for BBK shorties and y-pipe, not yet installed, I just bought them yesterday.

 

86' = Too damn much!!!
00' = Maybe $1k.

 

but then id have to spend another $2k on top of that just to make it a forged 355!

 

QTP LT:1200
Eibachs:240
BMR RLCB:80
BMR LC:110
BMR APHR: 130
BMR STB: 130
ST 35/ 25MM SB:250
Hotchkis SFC:250
Pro 5.0:175
GM 4.10 gears:190
Rear End Cover: 200
SLP Lid:100
ASP Pulley: 250
NGKs:15
18" polished Z06's:1000
Spintech Catback:200 Corsa coming soon........
Bilsteins: 350
Metco DS: 70
O2 Sims:80
Stealth Sub box:175
Subwoofer:200
2 sets of drag radials:600
4 sets of wheels
Cutout: 40
Polished calipers: about 5 hours out of my life.


Man that was longer than i thought..........i spend to much money!

 

I don't want to know... I like being ignorant about it. Just bought two Delteq setups so add about $1000 to the amount that is already so high I lost track

 

Off the top of my head:

Koni DA shocks: $1300
replacement Koni DA shocks: $650
Bilstein 3rd gen rear shocks: $160
Hotchkis PHB/LCA/STB combo: $350
Global West Upper Control Arms: $275
AFS ZR-1 17x11 Replica race wheels: $790
315/35/17 Kumho victoracer tires: $720
Suspension Techniques 35mm front sway bar: $160
Addco 32mm front sway bar: $290
Addco 25mm rear sway bar: $230
Addco 22mm rear sway bar: $115 (used)
Enkei Win3 wheels: $1200
Used Win3 wheel: $150
CNC Stage I cylinder heads: $2000 (bought in 1999)
Chromoly pushrods: $150
Titanium retainers: $170
Comp Cams 26918 valvesprings: $160
Comp Cam 216/220: $400
Comp Cam 218/226: $400
LS6 intake manifold: $400
Grotyohann longtube headers w/ cats & y-pipe: $1300
GMPP ignition wires: $70
LS1-Edit: $550
AutoTap: $280
Laptop for LS1-Edit/Autotap: $300 (refurbished)
Pro 5.0: $180
Torsen T-2R Racemaster differential: $500
GM 3.73 Gears: $250
Whisper Lid: $129?
ASP crank pulley: $280
NGK TR-6's: $16
Cutout: $40
Upgraded T-56 shift fork, synchronizers, etc: $750
Heel/toe pedals: $65
Optima Redtop battery: $120?
K&N Filter: $50?
Two SPEC clutches, a McLeod clutch, and a 2001 Z06 clutch: ???
Bridgestone Pole Position S-02 275/40/17 tires: ~$1000
Bridgestone Pole Position S-03 265/40/17 tires: ~$1000
Kumho Ecsta MX 285/40/17 tires: $600
Built 347ci LS1 - $1000 (used)
Valentine 1 detector: $250 (used)
Zaino, Meguiars, Liquid Glass products: ~$400
Replacement seatbelt: $70
Window tint: $190
poly tranny mounts (ES & Prothane): ???
Rebuilt motor after hydralock (incl labor): ~$7000
Rebuilt motor after broken spring: ~$3500
Labor for dealership to replace broken valvespring in BFE Illinois: $500
(2) Sets of Hawk HPS brake pads: ???
Set of Powerslot rotors: ???
Set of front Brembo blank rotors: ???
McLeod adjustable Master cylinder: ???
LS6 Valley cover: ???
Replacement cruise control cable: ???
BBK Throttle body: $50 (used)
Shaner Ported truck throttle body: $150
MAFT: $150 (used)
(4) Knock sensors: ???
(4) Front O2 sensors: ???
Battery tie-down bar: ???
Driver side door power accessory panel: ???

That's enough for now. It's too late to dig out the box of receipts for various maintenance items, gaskets, fluids, rebuilding the tranny a few times, etc etc. That's somewhere over 20K I imagine for what's listed.