Craziest car part that you "just had to have"?

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Van B

It's got to be the Precision Metalcraft fabricated intake. At $2300 I could have done it much cheaper, but I had to have it for the visual WOW when you open the hood.

Well, it is purdy...

I like the air-fresher as well.. do they come in orange?

[BritishGreen68]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Well, it is purdy...

I like the air-fresher as well.. do they come in orange?

of course not you have to have that color custom made!!

[sixtnine]

You are sick. LOL. Everyone I know thought I was crazy for buying a DSE frame three years ago til they went for a ride. I thought I was OCD!

[Matt@BOS]

I might have to agree with Jeff about those Precision Metal Craft intake manifolds. They're pricey but really nice. And on a side note, let me just say, Jeff, I like your style when it comes to engine bays!

I also had to powder coat my brake calipers gray which ended up running around $800, after having to buy new pistons and seals for them.

Craziest thing I had to have though, I and I don't have any finished pictures would be these:

Matt

[66GTFB]

Ha ha Steve, that made me laugh.

I had a similar experience, but not with one particular part.

After running an 11.0 in my mustang on street radials, I decided to take the plunge and add slicks and a cage so I could dip into the tens. So I spent around $5000 on cage, race seat, harness, trans blanket, tech inspection, race wheels, slicks, front runners, fire suit, gloves, boots, arm restraints etc. Then made it to the track 4 times, battled rain cancellations and extreme heat (107f air temp with 134f track temp), made a total of 5 full passes, and broke tailshaft uni's, valve springs, blown head gaskets and now cracked a piston. And after all that I only managed a best time of 10.93.

Now I've decided to drop the comp and add a smaller cam to make it more streetable and actually have fun driving it instead of breaking and fixing it all the time.

But that's cars, and drag racing, and at the end of the day it's good fun.

Joe.

[porkchop]

This is kind of like that. I rode my bike to my local speed shop and bought a B&M shift kit for a 350 turbo.........I did'nt own a car I was about 14 or 15 at the time.

[bonecrrusher]

C6 Z06 brakes - even though my C6 came with the Z51 upgrade! LOL!

[214Chevy]

My HRE wheels. I'm ashamed to tell some of my friends who are not car afficionados how much I spent on them. Of coarse, us car guys understand...we all suffer from the same disease. But, uninitiated car guys would not understand at all. Anyway, the rims were $5700 alone, then another $1300 for the tires. Those 305/30/20's were not cheap. We are not even gonna talk about the Baer 15" rotors with 6S 6-piston calipers. Another purchase I don't tell my unofficial car friends.

[SR71]

when I got out of high school in 1987, after watching mad max and the road warrior a few too many times, I worked and saved all summer for a 6-71 blower kit from Don Hampton.

nobody around here knew anything about blowers. so, needless to say, I got a crash course in forced induction. almost literally as the first time I pinned the throttle I nearly took down a light pole. but nothing could wipe the grin off of my face from being a then 19 yr old kid with a 6-71 and dual quads through the hood of a second gen camaro.

wheel tubs and 21.5 mt's soon followed. can you tell that I also grew up in the peak of the pro street era???

[Van B]

Originally Posted by 69MSA

I might have to agree with Jeff about those Precision Metal Craft intake manifolds. They're pricey but really nice. And on a side note, let me just say, Jeff, I like your style when it comes to engine bays!

I also had to powder coat my brake calipers gray which ended up running around $800, after having to buy new pistons and seals for them.

Craziest thing I had to have though, I and I don't have any finished pictures would be these:

Matt

Thanks, I took a cue from Jody on the engine bay. I did as much as I could to hide wires. If I had not phoned in the EFI harness to a guy in California, I could have done better. I still want to hide the coils better but...maybe next winter.

One thing on the intake is that hardly a soul can pass up telling me how I could make more torque with a stock plastic intake.