$15,000 in performance parts what would you get?

[CoreyB]

I would probably spend it making the car like new or better than new, maybe some minor power mods but thats it.

[JasonY]

Wait..what? You are saying he's going to spend 15k on a dr750 build, but he'll have to spend more for wheels, tires, drivetrain, tranny, and engine work?.

Thats exactly what he said, and he would know since thats what his 750 setup cost to buy to go from a stock car to properly supported 750 car. Still stock engine and no expensive drivetrain upgrades either...shit adds up fast

Jason

[TurboSinceBirth]

Thats exactly what he said, and he would know since thats what his 750 setup cost to buy to go from a stock car to properly supported 750 car. Still stock engine and no expensive drivetrain upgrades either...shit adds up fast

Jason

Yep. Go check out Matt's mod list and go add up the cost of everything on his site. You'll be looking at around $15k in parts alone. The engine will still be stock, most of the drivetrain will be stock, stock wheels, stock suspension, stock body, and stock interior with the exception of a few gauges. $15k won't get you too far but with that budget I'd stick with TD04s or a basic TD05 E16 build with 680cc injectors, MBC, MAFT, Walbro 255 lph fuel pump with hotwire, FMIC, boost gauge, wideband, datalogger, copper plugs, and maybe a few other things I'm forgetting.

In reality you should just do maintenance and preventative maintenance on your car to get it in tip top shape before you start modding it. Replacing worn parts will take up most of that $15k.

[stealthee]

Dropping $15k into modding a car is just silly unless you have a ton of expendable income, ie make $200,000 or more a year. I'd keep the money and invest it or something. Do some basic mods to the car. You can buy a modded 3s for the price you want to put into yours in mods. Its just not sane in this time of scary economics.

[vr4_rider]

Dropping $15k into modding a car is just silly unless you have a ton of expendable income, ie make $200,000 or more a year. I'd keep the money and invest it or something. Do some basic mods to the car. You can buy a modded 3s for the price you want to put into yours in mods. Its just not sane in this time of scary economics.

Ahem!!

[Lugnut]

Wait..what? You are saying he's going to spend 15k on a dr750 build, but he'll have to spend more for wheels, tires, drivetrain, tranny, and engine work?








OP, if I were you, save your money or "invest" it. 15k is a lot to be dropping into a car that is so old and the 15k in mods/looks is more likely to depreciate so fast you'll going to regret it. That's just my opinion. Find a nice, strong, good dividend stock and put it in that. Or do a mutual fund.

Dropping $15k into modding a car is just silly unless you have a ton of expendable income, ie make $200,000 or more a year. I'd keep the money and invest it or something. Do some basic mods to the car. You can buy a modded 3s for the price you want to put into yours in mods. Its just not sane in this time of scary economics.

IDK if you guys are talking about me or not and I dont wanna sound like a dick when I say this, but I have all that covered .. Been done that .. This car is the final piece in the puzzle for me .. And I wanna say I truly do agree with everything said .. 15k is alot of money to drop in a car, which is a horrible horrible financial investment if you ever plan to sell it .. The 30k I end up dropping on my car will make it twice as bad as well, but I personally could care less .. For me its a personal investment .. Money is just a ways to a means in this life and its not important unless you dont have it .. As for me 30k is a cheap price to pay for this type of vehicle .. And if this car spins a bearing or does anything else short of being totalled .. I will just fix it and move forward .. No big deal .. And if I dont like these 750's .. I will just sell them and just buy something else .. No big deal !!

[CoreyB]

I think you will need new wheels. And you can um donate the ones in your sig to me.

[MR2]

There are plenty of people selling the stock chrome 18's...

[CoreyB]

Selling yes, Donating No lol

[brutten]

IDK if you guys are talking about me or not and I dont wanna sound like a dick when I say this, but I have all that covered .. Been done that .. This car is the final piece in the puzzle for me .. And I wanna say I truly do agree with everything said .. 15k is alot of money to drop in a car, which is a horrible horrible financial investment if you ever plan to sell it .. The 30k I end up dropping on my car will make it twice as bad as well, but I personally could care less .. For me its a personal investment .. Money is just a ways to a means in this life and its not important unless you dont have it .. As for me 30k is a cheap price to pay for this type of vehicle .. And if this car spins a bearing or does anything else short of being totalled .. I will just fix it and move forward .. No big deal .. And if I dont like these 750's .. I will just sell them and just buy something else .. No big deal !!

Sounds like you have given this some thought and know what you want. I would vote for the 750's myself and keep the car as streetable as possible. In my opinion 750's is about the limit in turbo size for a fun street car / reliable on long trips. Some may disagree but I can say on my first mod spree I went with everyone's suggestions and ended up with a fast 1/4 car and found I was really missing the ability to just hop in and drive a slightly modified car and have fun without worrying about breaking things or watching a dozen gauges all the time. I ended up selling that car and starting over with the lessons I learned.