2V's suck

[SpoonyGT]

I was bored and I was tallying up the money spent on modding my car (not including FIXING the pos) and I got really depressed haha so here is my list:

-PP Lower intake manifold and gaskets: $570
-Trickflow Upper Plenum-$110
-FRPP Gear and Install-$150
-Roush CAI-$200
-Pypes O/R H pipe: $110
-Flowmaster 44's-$200
-Summit U/D Pulleys- $60
-Heddman LT Headers and new gaskets-$325
-Tuner $300

Total: $2,025 bucks :eek:

I should have just bought a blower lol
So when I buy my cams and nitrous in a month then dyno the car, that will add another 1400 bucks or so to my total damage. Goal is 400rwhp+ on a 125 shot plus the expense for new axles and 315s on 17x10.5s on the rear and U/L CAs. FML :(

[boostanggt]

Yeah but I doubt you bought all that stuff at once. A lot of people do what you did and just buy bolt ons but end up spending as much as a supercharger.

[mustangboy]

I make 400 all natural:flipoff: Don't forget all that expensive coating too.:D

[boostanggt]

I make 400 all natural:flipoff: Don't forget all that expensive coating too.:D

Ok but how much would it cost to build your motor??

[mustangboy]

A couple bucks, lucky for me it came with the car.

[SpoonyGT]

lol true I gotta get some pulleys coated btw and a power steering bracket. I'll let you know sometime next week.

[dsmawd350]

I make 400 all natural:flipoff: Don't forget all that expensive coating too.:D

I made 415 with a bone stock bottom end and ported stock heads in my junk lt1 chebby n/a :flipoff: :lol:

[chris91]

Where the hell did you get Gears AND install for 150?! Or did you just do the install yourself?

[87stangbbb]

its easy to find people where we live to do it cheap

[306Power]

Building a 2V definitly is more expensive than an old 5ohh, but I also think 2V's can make excellent sleeper cars. A lot of people in the Mod motor scene dis the 2V's but you can surprise a few of those guys with a nicely built one.

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Damn it feels good to be old school rockin a carb sometimes :lol:


Though i am toying with the idea of spending a retarded amount of money on a new Pro Systems carb (about as much as an EFI intake).

[94tchikinv8]

I was bored and I was tallying up the money spent on modding my car (not including FIXING the pos) and I got really depressed haha so here is my list:

-PP Lower intake manifold and gaskets: $570
-Trickflow Upper Plenum-$110
-FRPP Gear and Install-$150
-Roush CAI-$200
-Pypes O/R H pipe: $110
-Flowmaster 44's-$200
-Summit U/D Pulleys- $60
-Heddman LT Headers and new gaskets-$325
-Tuner $300

Total: $2,025 bucks :eek:

I should have just bought a blower lol
So when I buy my cams and nitrous in a month then dyno the car, that will add another 1400 bucks or so to my total damage. Goal is 400rwhp+ on a 125 shot plus the expense for new axles and 315s on 17x10.5s on the rear and U/L CAs. FML :(

You should have saved the money on #s 1, 2, and 4 and just gotten a nice set of cams. You would probably have saved money and made more power. I also would have gone with magnaflow over flowmaster, but that's basically personal preference. And if you haven't already, get it dynotuned.

-Rob

[5.0calypso93lx]

You should have saved the money on #s 1, 2, and 4 and just gotten a nice set of cams. You would probably have saved money and made more power. I also would have gone with magnaflow over flowmaster, but that's basically personal preference. And if you haven't already, get it dynotuned.

-Rob

He cracked his stock intake manifold and had to get a new one anyway. The famous "while I'm here" mod :lol:

[zlou363lx]

He cracked his stock intake manifold and had to get a new one anyway. The famous "while I'm here" mod :lol:

i keep getting taken by that crap with my lightning. i've sunk a bit of money into my 2v lately too.

[94tchikinv8]

He cracked his stock intake manifold and had to get a new one anyway. The famous "while I'm here" mod :lol:

lol, I know that all too well. I understand you could port it out, but how do you polish plastic?

-Rob

[bascom123]

Basicly why i sold my 04 GT years ago and bought the 03 cobra. I could not justify the cost to upgrade vs buying a completed project. But it did not end there..... decided to call it quits just short of the whipple. Jdubya took care of that when he bought it from me.. Then it umm blew up after he sold the car. Have to say i like to milder SN95 cobra with a new edge cobra motor much better.

[cstreu1026]

lol, I know that all too well. I understand you could port it out, but how do you polish plastic?

-Rob

It's not a ported and polished intake its a professional products typhoon intake and I agree he should have picked up a nice used stocker for $50-100 and saved the money.

[SpoonyGT]

Only reason I bought the PP was that I was swapping cams and spraying the car> I would not like the stocker to be blown to bits in case of backfire.

[JA04GT]

Only reason I bought the PP was that I was swapping cams and spraying the car> I would not like the stocker to be blown to bits in case of backfire.

Hate to tell ya but if you n2o backfire that new intake it is going to blow to bits too, its just a more expensive oops:eek:

[cobra429boss]

thats what i was thinking

[cstreu1026]

I did see a Fox Lake P51 set up for nitrous with burst panels installed in it. I thought that was a pretty slick idea.

[Gearhead559]

they really suck to change the clutch when they have long tubes on them.

- mod motors....


i love my push rod motors..period