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Originally Posted by Camaro Dude
...at this point, I don't think that it would make any sense for him at all to get one now. He is too far into this amazing build here.
This question would make sense before the build began.
Then again, X25 would probably have modded his Z28 anyways,  . |
Yes, and possibly yes (cooling system upgrade, second set of wheels, adjustable rear control arm : )
It is hard to put a number to all this since some of it was the cost of experimenting and mistakes, but how much is the investment, $10K? And this is before considering I sold the OEM wheels and tires for $2.9K, and I am keeping other OEM parts to revert before selling the car (which won't happen any time soon). I bought the car for $31.5K, so if you think about it, the cost of this build has been fairly low. I also do all the work on it myself, so I don't need to pay labor. In short, it is a bargain to get a car that can handle like this for $41K in my opinion!
Let me compare them from my point of view in a more straightforward way:
1LE
- Less than half the initial price.
- Needs more mods and labor.
- Need to remove most parts and sell them separately to recoup investment when it comes to selling the car.
- Better street car with its upgraded Bose sound system, etc. for the same curb weight.
- Overall cost is less than half with easily 90-95% of Z/28's performance.
Z/28:
- Much higher initial price.
- Much less need for mods.
- Likely to retain factory warranty, but causes modder's dilemma. E.g. Might have warranty v.s. reliability dilemma with oil cooling solutions
- Bigger hit in selling the car back (but no need to remove as many mods). I'm sure it will hold its value well percentage-wise, but it would probably still be a bigger hit. Well considering you'd have to sell all the mods on 1LE individually, perhaps it's a wash.
- I already had 2 LS7s in my life. I'm not sure if I want a third. It never happened to me, but if they ever grenade, it's easily $18K-$20K bill since it always destroys the thinner block and contaminates the cooler lines. A new LS7 is about $14K.