HOW MUCH $$ HAVE YOU PUT INTO YOUR ENGINE SO FAR?

Haven't had one of these in a while...

Performance upgrades only.

I'm sure the FI guys probably rule this department.

CTA HAI - around $160
Optimized TB - around $120
Ford Racing wires - around $35
Tranny coller - around $55
Coil pack - around $55

Does exhaust count? It apparently should - then add another 5 huns

Over $150 on new gaskets and tools I didnt want to buy whole for a car I purchased only for $300... and only to learn the Head gasket wasnt my problem...

Um...this is gonna be pretty lame...

$50 used intake
$25 glasspack w/ free install by a friend.

And I think thats about it. I really gotta start doing something to the car, but its gotta wait until the truck is finished.

$95 RVM Tru Air intake

holy crap I i'm 2nd place so far and my car is not even fast

$336 on exhaust (just do it right the first time)
$227 on intake

so I've put $563 in performance mods and all I have to show for it is a modified SVT Exhaust and CTA intake w/ GMK extension

I don't even know what my next performance mod will be...

3L-950
99 3L heads- 150
PnP work on heads-700
KKM-100
DMD-100
centerforce-450
fidanza-370
quaife-250
powdercoated vale covers-free

not sure if youll cantegorize the clutch,flywheel,quaife as engine mods or tranny mods but they are ni teh same place so i added them

plugs, wires,-100

OK sit back and relax here

Stage 3 spec clutch $450.00
Quaife LSD $700.00
Koni struts $750.00
H$r springs $200.00
Racing tires and extra rims $1000.00
Stazi upgraded brakes $300.00
21 mm sway bar Bat $120.00
Mirko splitter $250.00 ( broke)
Mirko Subframe connectors $75.00
3" yo dude exhaust throughout stainless $700.00
DMD $100.00
orginal turbo kit streetflight $5000.00
New T3/T4 turbo $750.00
50# injectors $350.00
Water and acohol injection spearco $400.00
dual boost controller $250.00
Egt monitoring guage $350.00
Three guages with pods $400.00
ported polish race heads 3 liter valves $1400.00
Pauter rods $ 1100.00
Diamond pistons with total seal rings $750.00
Bored and prepped block .020 over $500.00
ARP head bolt kit $250.00
Gaskets and rebuild parts $750.00
80mm Maf $150.00
and upgraded turbo kit $300.00

$17500.00 in upgrades not including $3000.00 STEREO AND $500 ALARM AND $2000.00 PAINT JOB

iN OFFERS ON BUYING IT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Performance mods only? There's only one:
'98.5 E1 CSVT, 106k miles, $6,700. Goes well enough for me as is...

Scott

Ooops. Correction.

CTA HAI - around $160
Optimized TB - around $120
Ford Racing wires - around $35
Tranny coller - around $55
Coil pack - around $55
Exhaust - over $500
SuperChip - over $220

I am not counting any suspension mods, any looks or audio mods since that wasn't the question.

I would say that the most expensive mod was Eibach + BAT springs, and the least expensive "Mobile" engine bay sticker

I actually figured this up a couple days ago...

~$6696 in the motor and engine management
-$5000 for Street Flight turbo kit
~$2750 in drivetrain modifications
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$14,446 in engine and drivetrain

geez, thats not even including aesthetic mods, wheels and tires, stereo, or suspension.

Are both of you guys using a dyno tuned chip. Burrita you paid $700 for a quaife

. I hope that was a typo, unless you bought it 2 years ago. You guys are crazy. I will have most of the same mods when finished(probaly a year) and will have probaly spent half as much. Pays to catch good deals, and be able to do some stuff yourself. Either way hope both of ya make it to spring zing....running

I wish I had money like that....

Only bout $700 so far in real performance mods,, but all the yellow is worth far more in performance than any of that $700 worth of stuff.

I can barily pay for a full tank of gas....

This thread makes me depressed

Well I'm in high school and the only money from my job that I spend is on the car,,, insurance, gas, and mods. Now I have to save for college, so car funds are drying up... just gonna do some things I need to do to get in running good for college,,, struts, maintenance, exhaust, and a couple other things so I won't be bothered during college not being able to work on the car much.

Im in HS too, but finding a job = Impossible...

yea like I said, the turbo guys definitely run this...

Originally posted by livinsvt:
Are both of you guys using a dyno tuned chip. Burrita you paid $700 for a quaife . I hope that was a typo, unless you bought it 2 years ago. You guys are crazy. I will have most of the same mods when finished(probaly a year) and will have probaly spent half as much. Pays to catch good deals, and be able to do some stuff yourself. Either way hope both of ya make it to spring zing....running

ive caught plenty of deals. Ive just cut no corners and gotten just about everything i need to keep this thing together.

Quaife $491 vs $595
pauter rods for $950 vs $1026 + shipping
Ross Racing pistons $780 vs $900 original price tag
Street Flight kit for $5000 instead of the now $5500 upgraded kit
Fidanza $350 vs $400
Apexi AVCR boost controller $350 vs $400+
Warmongers 80mm MAF $300 shipped vs $400
SVT dual honed UIM, TB, and all accessorys $507 vs $1015

Not to shabby i think.

And livinsvt, yes i am running a dyno tuned chip. In fact, Im running the same program as Tom because I bought his MAF off of him and they spent countless hours tuning his car to get it right. However, because Im running a lower compression things might need to be changed a bit. Keyser has talked about flying down to Detroit MI and tuning Stazi and my car.

I wouldn't say you cut the corners in the least

. Thats good you found some deals. That would be a good time to have a meet and watch both of your cars get tuned.

About 700 on Tru Duals
CTA intake was about 120 I think

Alright, here come the BIG GUNS:

TH fix: $0.68.

Now, if we included maintence costs only, I would be WAY up there. two entire engines, with labor, one new clutch: $2600.

Hmmm....

Engine/Induction/Exhaust
$ 55 Optimized TB (not counting core charge and powder coating)
$ 45 9 mm FMS ignition wires
$ 120 Brad Noon custom 3" intake pipe
$ 35 S&B 8", open cone filter
$ 20 MAF Adapter
$ 595 MSDS Headers and Y-Pipe

Transmission/Driveline
$1150 Spec Stage II Clutch, Flywheel and Torsen LSD
$ 30 Redline MTL
$ 105 Steeda Short shifter and riser plate

Wheels/Suspension/Brakes
$ 290 Approximate cost Stazi's brake pads and rotors (4 sets)
$1000 Rev Model X (17x7) w/ Toyo Proxes 215/40/17
$ 400 Rousch Cougar springs and ST200 struts
$ 60 Steel brake lines and synthetic brake fluid

Total: $3,905 Without labor, and not counting aesthetic mods, like tinting, plate frame, dead pedal, etc. And a PnP is still coming, as well as a superchip sooner or later.

wooo

tuning is expensive

SCA intake + K&N - 125
off road sho shop y-pipe - 165 (i think)
FMS wires

40
trubendz cat-back - 340

Originally posted by ContourKev:
I wish I had money like that....

I have the same motor as Burrita. I just don't quite have all the little parts yet. I think he has me by about $1000-1500 or so.

Edit: After reviewing Joey's list he has a few more things than I do. He has me by about 3-4k.

$3500 for a blown engine and it looks like another one is blown. Guess what?? I ain't paying [censored] this time. [censored] Ford.

OOps I forgot my walbro 225 lph fuel pump $125.00

Suspension Modifications

Koni Adjustable Struts
Eibach Lowering Springs front
H&R Lowering Springs rear
24 MM Aussie Bar- Rear Sway Bar
¼ Metal sway bar backing plates
Poly end link bushings
ES Motor Mount Insert
245/45/16 Yoko AVS Tires
5 MM spacers at rear wheels
Tubular Steel Adjustable Rear track arms
From Buckshot Motorsports
Energy Suspension Rear Control Arm, Front and Rear Sway Bar bushings
12.2�?� Superlite Brake kit from TCE Performance
11.25�?� Upgraded Rear Brake Kit from TCE Performance
Cryo Treated Brake rotors by 300 Below Inc.

Drivetrain & Performance Modifications

BNM prepped 3 liter block
SVT Cams, w/ water pump drive removed
Cunningham Chrome Molly Rods with upgraded rod bolts
Clevite 77 rod & federal mogul main bearings
Dual Mode Mondeo Damper
SHO Shop lightened Billet Flywheel
Crank Knife Edged and motor balanced by Horn Race Engines
Pistons, crank, and rods cryo treated by 300 Below Inc.
3 Liter Heads Port & Polished with multi-angle valve job by BNM
Port matched UIM and LIM
RAM Clutches Kevlar Pucked clutch and HD pressure plate
2000 Model Year Transmission
HMS Inc. Mark III transmission update w/ full lube system & Zetec Final Drive Ratio
Quaife LSD installed by HMS Inc
Driveshaft Shop level III CV shafts
Cryo treated wheel hubs and studs
42 lb Ford Racing Injectors
MSD DIS-4 ignition Control
Water Injection Kit
Accusump 2 qt accumulator
Remote mount oil filter
Apex-I SAFC
Ford 9MM Plug Wires
B & M short Shifter
75 MM Pro-Flow MAF
65 MM Throttle Body
2.5�?� True Dual Exhaust w/ Magnaflow race series mufflers and crossover
Custom 1.75�?� Nickel Plated headers by MSDS Inc
Vortech Supercharger w/ upgraded shaft and 2.87�?� pulley
Custom water to air intercooler by Buckshot Motorsports
Autometer Phantom gauges including A/F Ratio, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and 5�?� monster tach w/shift light.
4 point Safety Harness
Dual Honed SVT upper intake
Trunk mounted battery

Aesthetic Modifications

BNM Polished stainless sill protectors
Removed door ding guards
Foglights run w/o head lights
BNM Indiglo Gauges & HVAC Panel
Powdercoating of Various engine pieces by BNM
Billet Pedal Kit including dead pedal
15% window tint
Body color matched grilles at all locations
Painted SVT Emblem at hood grille
Custom Front Fender Badging
SSR GT1 series 16�?� Rims
PIAA 510 Driving Lights
Front Splitter by Mirko Racing

Sponsors

Brad Noon Motorsports
Buckshot Motorsports
Cunningham Rods
MSDS Inc.
RAM Clutches
TCE Performance
300 Below Inc.
Wolfe�??s Auto Body

I haven't updated it for a while but currently the price just in mods not including any labor is $24,000

Come on who here can give me a run?!

I'll make a list Rick. You don't have that much more stuff than I do. You just paid more.

I put over 30,000.00 in just the engine internals alone.

Until it wouldn't start and I had to pull it all out of the cylinders.

I take it back. I'm only 13 to 14 thousand. That's if I paid retail. Childs play to a man of your pocket book.

geeze man, with all the $$$ going into these cars by some of you guys...I'm surprised nobody has made it into the low 13/high 12s

Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
geeze man, with all the $$$ going into these cars by some of you guys...I'm surprised nobody has made it into the low 13/high 12s

All the money in the world hasn't been able to buy traction...yet

CTA intake, K&N filter (2 different ones), Accel coil, MSD coil, Accel wires, Ford Racing wires, MSD wires, ported TB, Esslinger UDP, Esslinger cam gears, Focus Central cam gears, Superchip, Diablochip, Kamikaze 4-1 race header, race cat, custom downpipe, 2.5" flexpipe (twice) NGK platinum plugs, NGK iridium plugs, Autolite double plats (2 sets), Optima battery, 3 different mufflers......as you can see I have done stuff over and over....looking for the best stuff.....trying different products.

Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
geeze man, with all the $$$ going into these cars by some of you guys...I'm surprised nobody has made it into the low 13/high 12s

Nobody has a running vehicle

Originally posted by livinsvt:

Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
geeze man, with all the $$$ going into these cars by some of you guys...I'm surprised nobody has made it into the low 13/high 12s

Nobody has a running vehicle

got that right!

Originally posted by Elmo:
CTA intake, K&N filter (2 different ones), Accel coil, MSD coil, Accel wires, Ford Racing wires, MSD wires, ported TB, Esslinger UDP, Esslinger cam gears, Focus Central cam gears, Superchip, Diablochip, Kamikaze 4-1 race header, race cat, custom downpipe, 2.5" flexpipe (twice) NGK platinum plugs, NGK iridium plugs, Autolite double plats (2 sets), Optima battery, 3 different mufflers......as you can see I have done stuff over and over....looking for the best stuff.....trying different products.

do it right the first time?

I don't want to know. I'll get depressed.