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Old 01-06-2014, 09:14 AM   #665
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Originally Posted by Novie LE View Post
I fully understand it take more than just the engine. However 30k? They made the v8 ls3 full car for almost the price it costs to switch motors?
You can't translate the way you operate on a hobbyist basis to the way a real business has to operate. Relying on other assets (such as raiding profits from other segments of the business or other mis-management techniques) is the road to failure of either the specific effort or the entire business.

If you were to do all the necessary work yourself - not just for one car ignoring mandated regulations but for a whole car model certified for country-wide sale - by the time you added up all of your hours and the cost of all the little bits that have not been itemized yet . . . for the price you want to see, minimum wage for your time spent would start to look like middle-income.


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