a project I have planned out, I have it budgeted to about 25k to start. that should put me at the level to begin competing, but I know it will go up from there as soon as I start racing it. you soon find where you are lacking, and need to upgrade. and thats not on the car I have now.

since the car I have now is street driven, I would want a little more visuals, so I will safely say I could realistically spend another 20-30k on it.

 

LOL! This reminds me... I saw this guy on NOPI tunervision that claimed to have put over 60k in a 3rd gen Eclipse!![sm=yikesomg.gif] It had a lot of odd stuff done to it. Not my taste, but it was just amazing that he actually spent that much money on it. Seeing I left a few things off like Brembo BBK, clutch upgrade, the things I would learn on the way etc, I can see how the price can continue to escalate dramatically. Hmmm... let's see... 60k on the Civic or a new E46 M3?.......... Great!! I'll take both!

 

I couldn't agree more. Plus, you also have to think about the running costs too. Things will break more often, brake pads will wear faster, rubber will wear much faster, MPG will drop dramatically, etc.

 

for $60k, you could probably build a dinan stage 3 E39 M5 (price includes the car of course) that will have close to 500hp and turn much more heads then a ****ty eclipse.

 

Dang sacicons!! And you write that in a way that sounds so nonchalant.

 

Personally, the sky is the limit when it comes to tuning my ride. For the time being, it is my daily driver, so basically i'll be making it as comfortable and stable as possible. Once the bbk goes on, the car gets lowered, and i get a decent grill/lip kit, the outside will be done. Then its all motor from there. I WILL be beefing up the D-internals and boosting, that will probably two springs from now. Overall, i can see myself spending an easy 20 grand on my daily driver, since i have no intention of racing it nationally or anything. I simply want a fast, slick looking everyday car.


I'm hoping to drop at least 1500 in April of this coming year (****in' mighigan winters...).

 

No idea how close the prices are... I just mostly wrote down about what I think the stuff should be.

Integra-R suspension, brake, hub swap $500
17” wheels with 215/40R17 tires $1000
(Rota Torque Blk 17x7.5 w/ Yokohama AVS ES100)
15” steels with 195/55R15 all season tires $500
(BFGoodrich Traction T/A V)
H&R lowering springs $200
Tokico struts $300
DC titanium strut/sway bars $500
Korbach frame locks $250
Brembo cross drilled front rotors $200
Brembo solid rear rotors $150
Brembo calipers $300
Brembo pads $100
Stoptec steel brake lines $100
B18C5 engine, 5spd, LSD $4500
Crower boost cam $500
Jackson Racing fuel pump $100
Jackson Racing supercharger $3300
DC Header $350
Jackson Racing cat $100
Flowmaster cat back exhaust $500
Neuspeed short throw sifter $200
Neuspeed N2 clutch $500
Hondata s200 ECU (JR package) $1300
Hondata G sensor $250
Jackson Racing VTEC controller $100
Jackson Racing boost controller $100
Civic Si gauge cluster (for tach) $200
Autometer boost & volt gauges w/bezel $250


$16,300

Halo headlights $150
10,000K HID $400
35% tint $300
Mesh grills $100
Alpine DVA-301 $1500

$18,750

 

hey, one thing at a time, its not so bad. but I havent added up my reciepts on mine yet. i dont know if I ever will. dont think I want to know.[&:]

 

Maybe you should spend some of that 25K on driving lessons. I've seen where you place.

 

i could spend 15-20k but il prolly end up spending around 5k