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

[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???

[J2SpeedandCustom]

Mine has to be the first Tilton carbon/carbon clutch at a mear $4500. The worst thing is every other manual I have driven sincefeels like crap...!

[James OLC]

Everything from the windows down? No... that would miss the headliner... Everything from the grill back? Maybe...

[thedugan]

The SuperRam and Procharger for sure.

Crazy cause the car would have been done a long time ago if I wasn't so crazy and had to build a blown efi motor. Should have just bought a new carb and called it a day.

[HWY Nova]

I bought a Latham Supercharger........ These were designed in the mid-50's, and 600 were manufactured from the mid-50's to the mid-60's.






--Eric

[Garage Dog 65]

Originally Posted by HWY Nova

I bought a Latham Supercharger........ These were designed in the mid-50's, and 600 were manufactured from the mid-50's to the mid-60's.

--Eric

How did it run ?

Jim

[HWY Nova]

Originally Posted by Garage Dog 65

How did it run ?

Jim

Jim,

I haven't run it yet..... but it ran well when it came off this car:




The 54 Corvette belongs to Bob Bruhn. I took these pics at SEMA in 2008.


--Eric