How much have you spent on your MkIII

[Flateric]

Just a small second mortgage on my soul.

But you do not ask the correct question....Which is....

How much money have you spent on your car and has it been worth it for the time that you have owned it?

Time in my car = PRICELESS! Worth every penny as is evidenced by the big silly stupid grin on my face every time I am behind the wheel!

It never fails to put me in a great mood!

I've owned mine for 22 years now. Original owner.

 

[Albert]

1JZGTE--------------------------------------$2000

R154 conversion--------------------------$800

JZ bellhousing-----------------------------$340

JZ Flywheel---------------------------------$200

ACT XT Pressure plate-----------------$380

ACT 4-puck disc--------------------------$95

ACT throw-out Bearing------------------$50

SS Clutch line-----------------------------$65

P/S SS line---------------------------------$60

P/S ALum overflow-----------------------$75

Coolant overflow---------------------------$80

1-piece Driveshaft-------------------------$350

Rear end rebuilt Shimmed--------------$20

Marlin crawler Thrust washer.---------$40

Poly Tranny mounts----------------------$70

Solid Motor mounts.----------------------$20

Drewgo manifold----------------------------$320

Drewgo Downpipe--------------------------$135

T70 turbo---------------------------------------$500

4'' exhuast-------------------------------------$50

4" V-band kit----------------------------------$40

4" Muffler---------------------------------------$165

4" Inlet------------------------------------------$40

4" K&N filter----------------------------------$65

3'' Piping----------------------------------------$100

24x12x3 FFIC---------------------------------$100

Tial Q BOV-------------------------------------$260

Koyo radiator----------------------------------$90

Upper alum Coolant-------------------------$40

2x 35mm couplers---------------------------$30

Fan clutch setup-----------------------------$150

2jzgte USDM waterpump-----------------$200

1ZZ coils----------------------------------------$110

1ZZ coil brackets----------------------------$40

272 cams---------------------------------------$520

springs retainers-----------------------------$360

HKS cam gears------------------------------$310

HKS timing belt------------------------------$200

Clear cover timing---------------------------$120

1200cc Injectors-----------------------------$615

Top feed rail-----------------------------------$220

Proefi 128 ECU-------------------------------$1800

CAN Gauge------------------------------------$450

Map sensor-------------------------------------$135

Fuel sensor-------------------------------------$135

Flex fuel sensor-------------------------------$220

Wideband sensor-----------------------------$80

Bosch 044 pump------------------------------$200

Filter-----------------------------------------------$80

Filter-----------------------------------------------$80

pick up sock------------------------------------$20

pick up sock------------------------------------$20

check valve--------------------------------------$100

38' of fuel line------------------------------------$120

MISC fittings for in-tank---------------------$40

Turbo timer---------------------------------------$60

1GG tach-----------------------------------------$90

Gauge Pod pillar-------------------------------$75

Prosport Boost---------------------------------$55

Prosport Coolant------------------------------$35

TRD shift knob----------------------------------$50

Shifter and E-brake Boots------------------$30

Sparco Sprint Seats-------------------------$300

MkiiI Wedge engineering Brackets-----$215

Sparco slider for passanger---------------$72

Replacment handle for Driver-------------$16

3'' 5-point harness----------------------------$100







MkIV tires-----------------------------$420

Stance coilovers--------------------$1050

Front Bushings----------------------$65

Rear bushings------------------------$80

F/R Drilled slotted rotors----------$230

F/R ST sway bars-------------------$215

F/R EBC RED------------------------$180

Front Lip---------------------------------$120



Coatings:

Powder coat Valve covers----------------$40

Ceramic coat Manifod---------------------$135

ceramic coat scroll-------------------------$35

ceramic coat DP-----------------------------$50

ceramic coat wastegate------------------$35

Polish Coolant-------------------------------$60

Polish upper coolant-----------------------$15

Polish turbo------------------------------------$40

Polish Inlet-------------------------------------$35

Polish Plenum.-------------------------------$140

Polish Charge piping------------------------$30



18g wiring

relays

crimp tool

New plugs

I know IM missing a ton of things....

 

[IBoughtASupra]

I have an excel sheet where I set up a table with the following columns, Part, manufacture/seller and cost. There is also a "Total" box and I cringe EVERYTIME I look at it....18,375 in ONE year.

Plus, I am still not do, just saw the diff is bad, plus I will paint the car and change the molding and bumper to 89+.

You will NEVER get back what you put into it when it gets that high...

 

[Enraged]

suprarx7nut is right though, compared to even a brand new shitbox economy car, the supra is actually pretty economical. might not get as good gas mileage, but the money saved from not having monthly payments more than covers the difference.

 

[Dani87x]

Not enough.

 

[te72]

Invest isn't the right word! More like thrown away, squandered or wasted.

Count it all joy my friend.

First, I can say that I'm safely over that.

Second, there are folks with well over 50k into their car, *not* including the cost of the car.

Third, adding this up leads to stupid decisions - like selling your car, for instance. Never add up the cost of your hobbies.

I always say that owning a Supra is a test of determination, futility, and frustration. It will draw all of those things from it's owner.

I'm nearing close to 10K on wiring, hardware and tuning. Good "investment" imo haha. A financial adviser would tell you otherwise!

You ever known a financial adviser that doesn't bore you to tears? I haven't...

I'm not adding things up, but I would guesstimate somewhere around $15k (+ cost of car). Most of it fixing (and doing it properly!), very little of it upgrading. Though I guess fixed is an upgrade from broken...

That's certainly one undeniably true way of looking at it.

This is just one of those questions you DON'T ask a Supra owner....

Kinda like asking a chick what she weighs... just don't.

suprarx7nut is right though, compared to even a brand new shitbox economy car, the supra is actually pretty economical. might not get as good gas mileage, but the money saved from not having monthly payments more than covers the difference.

My girlfriend spends more on her Mazda3 than I have spent on my Supra, even though we've owned them nearly the same amount of time. By the time I am done with swapping over all the good bits to my 87 shell, I will calculate a list of all the "potential" costs of what it cost to build mine. I used to keep track, but quit after the 7m died a spectacular death. I was a bit torn up over the whole thing, especially knowing it was my own fault, so I didn't wanna really see just how much I spent on the whole thing. Let's see, off the top of my head:

Car/shell: $2000
engine (+mods)/trans/clutch: $4500
interior bits (cage, speakers): $1000ish
extra sets of wheels and all tires paid for: $1500

So, all in all, probably somewhere between the 9k above (that's ignoring the 7m related stuff, assuming I had started fresh with the 1j build) and 11k overall. I still look at it in the light above, I don't have a car payment, my insurance is dirt cheap (even full coverage), and I have the ONLY Supra that is a daily driver around here. That last part alone makes it all worth it to me.

To sum it up though, my short answer would be...

TOO MUCH!

 

[S.A. supra]

I am in for $6500 including the car and its still not running. Going 2jz, But like someone said its a hobby, and not a investment.

This will be my last mkiii, if I buy another supra it will be a mkiv.

 

[misupratwin]

I have owned close to 20 mkiii's, The one i kepted is the first one paid 1000 for it with a bad engine, 2000 to build first engine,1400 for rps clutch syn ergy flyweel(lasted about 2000 miles,1000 for advanced racing dynamics cryo treated trans,200 for twin turbo pump,electronics around 3000(avcr, eugo,greddy pyro,pro-m mass air flow converter,turbo timer,safc II) ,2nd engine 6000,spec twin disc 1700,griffin rad 400,aeromotive reg 200,cartech intercooler 1000,And i'm sure theres more i forgot.So i guess close to 20k,To top it all off i bought this car 2000, i bought my 97 twin turbo supra in 04 for 22,500 + intrest and it is completly stock.

 

[IJ.]

I remember seeing in your pic thread with a bit of motec in there. Those are so expensive >.< the mounting on the cluster gauge blew me away. Makes wonder what you worked as back then.

I'm semi retired so I was

the Ho's ...

Never added up how much I spent but it was a LOT as I didn't cut a single corner.

Even spread out of the 13 years I owned the Fat Car it was still a bunchOcash.

 

[S.A. supra]

I have owned close to 20 mkiii's, The one i kepted is the first one paid 1000 for it with a bad engine, 2000 to build first engine,1400 for rps clutch syn ergy flyweel(lasted about 2000 miles,1000 for advanced racing dynamics cryo treated trans,200 for twin turbo pump,electronics around 3000(avcr, eugo,greddy pyro,pro-m mass air flow converter,turbo timer,safc II) ,2nd engine 6000,spec twin disc 1700,griffin rad 400,aeromotive reg 200,cartech intercooler 1000,And i'm sure theres more i forgot.So i guess close to 20k,To top it all off i bought this car 2000, i bought my 97 twin turbo supra in 04 for 22,500 + intrest and it is completly stock.

Damn I thought I was bad with 4 in 6 years.

 

[Quin]

^Gramps was pimpin back in the day.

Just shy of 15k between all 4 of them. Not a drop in the bucket compared to the big dogs here.

 

[dubsupra209]

$3200 and i was pretty satisfied now i am going 2j so i wll probably spending 6k or plus

 

[destrux]

Wow I feel alot better about putting $8K into mine now.
.
I'm hoping that by 10K I'll have something that looks like 10K was spent on it. :rofl:

 

[te72]

I'm semi retired so I was

the Ho's ...

^Gramps was pimpin back in the day.

Was?

 

[rakkasan]

If I had to guess, I would think I've spent.... well, a lot. A shit ton actually

 

[bioskyline]

alot and counting. atleast 10k and rising

 

[kotu100]

I'd have to say im at about $10k for all my supra.
At the point now where its gonna rise to $15k pretty quickly.

 

[92ma71]

I would have to say somewhere around 12k on this supra. I got it with 30 thousand miles on it though and the cost of the car was 7k. Im not counting gas and oil changes and stuff in my total price.

 

[Quin]

Was?

Can't get out of his rocker these days I'm afraid... Just hangs out on the front porch.

 

[IJ.]

can't get out of his rocker these days i'm afraid... Just hangs out on the front porch.

:: IJ. ::

don't make me get off my rocker...