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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby EL XR8 » April 3rd, 2008, 5:26 pm

Steady the MARTYR! wrote:
EL XR8 wrote:EL - Bought for 16k years ago. Spent around the 20ish on it.  (Not including any servicing, thats just a given, not a mod)  All that money and i've still only got an EL,  :cry: Bike - Bought for 9k a few months back. - Nothing yet, came with everything i wanted.  Belly pan, twin yoshi's, TRE.  It does need a steering dampner though!Jetski - 18k - Nothing yet, still enjoying 215hp of Supercharged goodness.  :)  Plus mods are too expensive for the things!

Pfft, we'll get a smaller pulley machined up for the blower.
If you had of got the Honda, you could of had a bleed valve in the wastegate line already, and a dose pipe.


Haha, yeah but i can get an new silicone pipe with a BOV on this one. This is definately one instance where a turbo sucks balls hard.
Who the **** wants ANY lag on a jetski anyway, when you're on and off the throttle all the time. Positive Displacement blowers kick ass. :D
These motors have basically the same mods as the F6's, new cooler, injectors, bigger blower, etc are needed.
Hurry up and spend that 10k on the Sprint, then you might actually drive it somewhere!!!
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby pHaT`eL » April 3rd, 2008, 9:39 pm

Ive spent a fair bit on the EL, and for not much reward :(

Bout it for $13k back in the days of expensive big cars
First rims - $2k
Second rims - $2k
Exhaust system - $500
First stereo - $1000
Second stereo - $1500
Lowering - $1000
Diff + Trans - $1000
Damage repair - $1000

For that amount of money now, I could have bought something like ebmanul, lol.. hrmm :(
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby slo_sprint » April 3rd, 2008, 11:39 pm

Not enough :(

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Looked like that when i bought it nearly 2 years ago and amazingly looks the same apart from the absence of the lip spoiler.
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Tocchi » April 4th, 2008, 1:04 am

i dont wanna know what i spend on the EF :P
too much lol

but not as much as the ute:
Motec M800 - $4000
T56 - $4000
Phoon motor - $4000
Brake upgrade - $1500
18" rims - $1200
bodykit - $990
MY99 WRX bucket seats - $450
FPV starter button - $220
Nolathane (front end) - $365
BA Fairmont headlights - $280
Alpine TypeX 12" - $400
60Lb Siemens Injectors - $385
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total (of what i can recall) = $17,790
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and thats not including things i bought for it, and ended up not needing, or used on EF, or sold
as in a spare SOHC turbo kit, Wolf3D
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby galapogos01 » April 4th, 2008, 7:41 am

tocchi, got pix of the ute anywhere?
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby BI6TIM » April 4th, 2008, 8:43 am

Bought it like this a bit over 4 years ago.
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This is it now.
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I've spent the best part of $20,000 on this car including purchase, N/A mods and now turbo.
Not too bad really when you consider the fun I've had in it and it's now turbo!
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby [chubbz] » April 4th, 2008, 12:33 pm

bought my old eb1 mont for like $3K it was clean as but stock as a rock then spent like 3K on it and this is were it got me:

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*sigh* wish i kept this car eas in mint condition

On EDGHIA i have spent not much at all as i bought it and it had heaps of mods spent about $4200 including purchase price
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Tocchi » April 4th, 2008, 3:33 pm

galapogos01 wrote:tocchi, got pix of the ute anywhere?


got a topic on fordmods (FI section) ... nothing really special yet... as in the front end conversion isnt finished yet
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EF XR6 Turbo -- SOLD

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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Airved » April 4th, 2008, 6:53 pm

$350 for the car
$1200 to roadworthy + register
$1000 zorst
$1100 stereo
$500 lowered + new cam
$200 tinted
$200 new alternator
$150 new pulleys and belts (didn't have time to do it all myself)

bit over 4.5k on the mother-bitch. Coming soon will be new wheels and shocks so add at least another 1000 and that's around 5 and a half thousand spent on a car over about 8 months.
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Amon » April 4th, 2008, 6:56 pm

prob spent near 10k on mine including purchase....
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby kizzer » April 4th, 2008, 7:38 pm

Spent about 20k with about 5-6 to spend in the next few month maybe.
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Stengord » April 4th, 2008, 7:41 pm

kizzer wrote:Spent about 20k with about 5-6 to spend in the next few month maybe.
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nowish.
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Just wondering... Does that front grille do anything? Or is it just glued to the EF bonnet
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby kizzer » April 4th, 2008, 7:59 pm

does nothing just looks better then the normal ef grill
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Stengord » April 4th, 2008, 8:03 pm

kizzer wrote:does nothing just looks better then the normal ef grill


The one that doesnt exsist lol
So its just stuck there, no air intake?
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby kizzer » April 4th, 2008, 8:09 pm

sorry looks better then the std farmont grill.

its bolted on the mont bonnets and gli r different
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby 4LEDboy » April 4th, 2008, 8:14 pm

Got my car for nothing, was a "hand-me-down" from dad
So far I have spent $68 on a water pump and another $100 fine for not carrying my licence ( :evil: )
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Stengord » April 4th, 2008, 8:15 pm

ahh so i cant just pick one up from ebay and bolt it on to my futura lol

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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby kizzer » April 4th, 2008, 8:51 pm

negative.

would have to swap bonnet and bumper as they both differ to the gli ones.
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Stengord » April 4th, 2008, 8:53 pm

and the el fairmont lights are different to standard EF ones? :(

Mines a futura, does that make any difference?
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Re: How Much Have You Spent On Your Car????

Postby Jim Beam » April 4th, 2008, 10:57 pm

abcisfun wrote:and the el fairmont lights are different to standard EF ones? :(

Mines a futura, does that make any difference?


You have to have a fairmont bonnet, lights and bumper (I'm not too sure on the bumper) to get that grille.

EF and EL Fairmont lights are the same IIRC.
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