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To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 11th, 2008, 8:08 pm
by SLY347
As some of you may or may not know about my car it's in a sad state.
Start of the year, hit a gutter...broke alot of shit, got it semi fixed..hit a spoon drain and kill sump plug.
Now my has been sitting in my driveway for around 5-6 months doing nothing. So I've come to the decision I need to do something with it.

So do I wreck it/sell it and use the money to pay off some of my loan and get an import (JZX100 Chaser) or do I fix it..and it possibly sit there and do nothing still.

For those that don't know about the car, here are some of the mods/good parts. Also would be good if people could give me a rough estimate on what they would go for (NO F***ing LOWBALLING)

- 347ci V8 - 302 stroked out to 347ci, GT40 heads, explore manifold, aftermarket cam, bigger TB (Throttle body...dont know size, long time since I looked under the bonnet) and a few other goodies. Last time on the dyno made 192rwkw before 040 fuel pump.
- T5 Gearbox (Good nick...not a sound out of it) with RIP shifter and Extreme 6 button motorsport clutch.
- FULL XR Body kit (quad light)...front bar scratched on lip, paint flaking off grille.
- 3.45 LSD
- Koni yellow front shocks
- Whiteline "flatout" springs all round
- 27mm whiteline rear adj. swaybar
- 30mm whiteline front adj. swaybar
- XR interior - slight burn mark on one of the front seats
- x2 dash clusters
- All panels straight, no dents.

That's just off the top of my head...so what do people think?

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 11th, 2008, 8:13 pm
by Dansedgli
does it just need a sump? fix it.

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 11th, 2008, 8:17 pm
by SLY347
To be fixed and street driven happily it needs
- Wheels
- Alignment
- Sump - going to be a pain in the arse to fix
- Tune
- few little things.

Just the fact that IF i fix it, worried i wont drive it.

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 11th, 2008, 8:18 pm
by SVD
seems to good to wreck, selling it wont yield any good returns because of people wanting everything for nothing ( i know im one of em :lol: ) so the most logical answer is fix, then sell if you want a chaser, but you will miss it eventually, sounds like a really nice car to me.

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 11th, 2008, 8:19 pm
by Dansedgli
Thats a few hundred $$ and 2 weekends. Fix it. Then sell it.

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 12th, 2008, 12:06 am
by slo_sprint
I'd hate to be in your shoes, JZX100 Chasers are effing awsome but so is your ED

If you whip the engine out the sump is a piece of piss if you grab another one and do a swap.

The easy option would just be to fix the ED.......... Maybe wack some alloy heads on while your at it :twisted:

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 12th, 2008, 8:28 am
by TUFED6
Harden up and fix it

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 12th, 2008, 9:36 am
by OED666
Yep fix it...

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 12th, 2008, 9:44 am
by SLY347
Ok I'll fix it.
I've already been offered a couple of cars for swaps lol.
An rb20 cant be compared to a V8.

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 12th, 2008, 9:45 am
by AaronEF8
Why will you drive the Chaser more than the ED if it were fixed?

IMO at least fix the Falcon up and drive it for a week, if you still want to sell it, sell it once it's fixed. You'll get thousands more for a complete, running car over a 98% finished 'just needs this and this' type of car.

Re: To wreck, sell or fix

PostPosted: December 12th, 2008, 10:09 am
by Gozza
Your basically crying over a broken finger nail. Harden up