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Sep 14, 2014 | 11:48 PM

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Jackedup00

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Originally Posted by charliedyal

With the charger, original purchase, and all other repairs, rebuilds & mods (performed by me), I'll have about 13 in mine.

I probably have $9k in parts ready to go on lol.

Sep 14, 2014 | 11:52 PM

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charliedyal

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Originally Posted by Jackedup00

I probably have $9k in parts ready to go on lol.

Forgot the gears & lockers. Make that 15.

Sep 14, 2014 | 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by charliedyal

Forgot the gears & lockers. Make that 15.

If I bought everything at full price you could add $6k to my number. My short block alone is $5500+ I got it for $3350.

Sep 14, 2014 | 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackedup00

If I bought everything at full price you could add $6k to my number. My short block alone is $5500+ I got it for $3350.

So where in the hell is the other $5650 going? And yeah, it pays to shop around.

Sep 15, 2014 | 12:00 AM

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So where in the hell is the other $5650 going? And yeah, it pays to shop around.

Gears,master install kits,heads,head internals,transmission just to name the big purchases. When you consider 2 bolts will cost you $40 **** adds up lol

Sep 15, 2014 | 12:11 AM

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charliedyal

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Originally Posted by Jackedup00

Gears,master install kits,heads,head internals,transmission just to name the big purchases. When you consider 2 bolts will cost you $40 **** adds up lol

Forgot about the tranny & gears. Shouldnt cost you too much to do the heads. Yeah, it's not a cheap hobby! More like a life threatening addiction! LOL

Sep 15, 2014 | 12:23 AM

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Cmanjr

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Originally Posted by charliedyal

Forgot about the tranny & gears. Shouldnt cost you too much to do the heads. Yeah, it's not a cheap hobby! More like a life threatening addiction! LOL

Or wallet threatening

Sep 15, 2014 | 12:23 AM

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Jackedup00

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Forgot about the tranny & gears. Shouldnt cost you too much to do the heads. Yeah, it's not a cheap hobby! More like a life threatening addiction! LOL

I could have gotten a brand new f150 by now lol

Sep 15, 2014 | 12:25 AM

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Carcrazygts2

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Same here.. With purchase price and repairs I'm around $25k.

Sep 15, 2014 | 12:28 AM

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Jackedup00

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Same here.. With purchase price and repairs I'm around $25k.

I have no exact number,but I know within a few months of owning it $11k disappeared and I only paid $7500 for it lol. Hopefully after this work and getting the front end rebuilt every dime that goes into it will be mods and not repairs. Retrofits and an sc would be nice.