whats the cost of your build ????

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Pick a car on the site you like and I'll guess.

You still got it

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

You still got it

Tracy --

I can't figure it he's a man of few words.... or he can't type worth a damn...

[notorious1970]

One Million Dollas!

[6spdcamaro]

You could build a solid protouring car for 40,000 -50,000. It would probably depend on the level of build and how many cool things you want. As greg said 150,000 is also easy to spend.

[elitecustombody]

Originally Posted by 6spdcamaro

You could build a solid protouring car for 40,000 -50,000. It would probably depend on the level of build and how many cool things you want. As greg said 150,000 is also easy to spend.

only if he does all the labor and get parts at wholesale prices and the car still won't stack up to the high end builds,don't get me wrong, it can be very nice,but to have impressive car with quality components can set you back alot more than $50k,set of nice wheels can cost $6-8k,turbo motor,clutch,tranny can cost well over $30k,suspension $10k and we still have body, paint, interior, lighting, audio and little de
tails that can make a hell of a difference and can cost thousands, so depending on what your vision is, your quality standards and plans for the car,the outcome may not be as impressive as some examples here

[6spdcamaro]

Originally Posted by elitecustombody

only if he does all the labor and get parts at wholesale prices and the car still won't stack up to the high end builds,don't get me wrong, it can be very nice,but to have impressive car with quality components can set you back alot more than $50k,set of nice wheels can cost $6-8k,turbo motor,clutch,tranny can cost well over $30k,suspension $10k and we still have body, paint, interior, lighting, audio and little de
tails that can make a hell of a difference and can cost thousands, so depending on what your vision is, your quality standards and plans for the car,the outcome may not be as impressive as some examples here

Im not saying 150,00's hard to spend, but if you be very careful you can keep the cost down. CCW classics 18's with 265 and 315 mounted and balanced shipped for under 3000 as apposed to 6-8,000 for other wheels. CCW's are still very nice. You could get a used ls1/ 6-speed for around 4 thousand basically turn key, with all accessories wiring harness, coil packs, oil-pan as opposed to spending 15/16,000 on that all brand new. The engine will only be brand new until you start it so you might as well save the money. Suspension can be vastly improved while still maintaining a "low" budget. A tvs kit with a-frames and subframe connectors, about 3000 with a steering box. To build a 10/10 car will cost you twice as much as a 9/10 car because that last bit of perfection is so much harder to get. If you want the best of the best,you have to pay for it, but you can still vastly improve the handling and drivability of the car without blowing 100,000 on it. Making the budgets easy, sticking to its the hard part.

[GregWeld]

Ken --

Well said. And right on.

It just depends on what you want.

Most of the builds on here - can kick some serious butt in a number of venues AND still win trophies at the better car shows... and THAT is where it gets expensive in a hurry.

Mary and David Pozzi's car will swamp most PT cars on this site in an Auto X - uses leaf spring suspension and a "crate" (I think she said) 383 motor - and looks great and handles better....

My point being - just "depends" how you want to go....

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Tracy --

I can't figure it he's a man of few words.... or he can't type worth a damn...

I cant type worth a damn.Takes to long,I'm getting better
Every one is right about the expectations,The more work you have done the more it cost.Most of the time a pro built car will cost more.

[Flash68]

You can have great intentions of sticking with a 40-50k budget (I did) and then 2-3 years later you have doubled it...

I like Todd's idea too... pick a car or 3 and let the guessing begin!

[Mkelcy]

It's unbelievable how much these things cost. I've got $15K or a bit more just in the suspension, with me doing all the labor. Starting with a pretty decent body, and me doing the mini-tub and DSE SFC install, another $6,000 before paint not including the cost of the car. Drive train (bought cheap) probably $10,000. And it's not the big stuff that kills the budget, it's all the little pieces you need from the Camaro (in my case) restoration shops. Heck, I've already got all the big stuff, and I'm still spending money like a drunken sailor.

Suffice it to say, if you have to ask . . . .