1. If you want to buy a R32 GTR, add another 10,000 to the price you want to pay for one, or...budget for a engine build, if i had a dollar for everyone i have seen **** itself, i would be rich and it's $10G for a engine out/engine in build done properly or around 5-6 for a basic build. 2. You are defintly better of buying a really nice VLT for 15G instead of doing yours, you won't get nothing for 10G unless theres miniliar labour or secondhand parts.And **** building a motor, that a biggest waste of money, i would get the lowest km atmo i could find and bung a cometic head gasket in it before i wasted 5G on a build, that will probally never get leaned on enough to make it even half worthwhile unless you want to run mid 10's or under. 3. If i had 10G, i woudn't waste it on cars, but then i have wasted over 100,000G in the last 10yrs and worked some stupid overtime for it, so i can't talk, just now i am older i can tell you it wasn't worth it in the end. Do one car properly and keep it, and make sure you make up your mind before starting, mind changing wastes a lot of money. good luck darren

Quote: Originally Posted by silverRB I second that for 10g? what a bolsar wood cubby house?

i say use the 10 grand + whatever u get for ur car to buy a mint bt1

http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=106912 That to me looks like a quality car and a decent price I wish one day i could understand victorians fascination with paying massive money for yellow sl base model turbo commordores cheers darren Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Buy an Aristo. Better yet, put a 2J in the VL

Quote: Originally Posted by Jet R31 I wish one day i could understand victorians fascination with paying massive money for yellow sl base model turbo commordores cheers darren its cause SL's rock. and you cant mispronounce it. so its good for wogs... like all the muzza's calling a calais a 'calayse' Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i know this is a really old thread but wanted to say it was a good read as im in the same boat as thread maker. but im going to keep my vlc na for a while longer respray the girl and polish vlc rims and whitewall minor audio and a decent security system,im a happy man. :P

Yeah no offence to any of the guys here, but you can't go giving hyprocritical advice to a young bloke saying buy a house.. I know 99% of you have sunk a **** load more than 10k into your cars over the years and wouldnt regret any of it, I know I didnt! Time for a house comes much later, an 18yo couldnt afford a house and a car, it's more than just mortgage repayments - and who says buying a house or shares is even a good idea?!?! Houses are way over priced atm, and shares are ridiculously unstable at the best of times. Ok so 10k to spend, you need a good gearbox first and foremost along with a nice convertor or clutch so budget 3k for all of it installed and a tailshaft included. Then you need a computer as no mods are really worth doing without one, and if you shop around you can get a plugin style one installed and tuned for around $1500 that will do the job. Then you need some bigger injectors and GTR 444cc ones fit into the standard rail and can be had for around $150-200 and will support around 300rwkw. Id then go to JPC or the like and get a GT35 1.06 with the .7 front and internal wastegate and mount it to a standard exhaust manifold with a standard inlet manifold with standard throttle body. Grab a TX2 cam and new springs, full 3" exhaust and a cheap 600x300 hybrid style cooler and a LX92 coil and Amp.. all bolted together with cooler piping, wiring and odds and ends it will be around $10k and make 300 no bull**** killerwasps and run a high 10, and hose the tyres in every gear up to and beyond 100km/h. Have fun!

manual box, $1500 2nd hand gt35, $1000 2nd hand external gate $300 unused haltech e6x $800 440cc injectors $200 jd plenum $700 mild cam $350 twin standard pumps and surge tank $200 tune say $1000 go for gold thats what iv done.

this is a more than 2 year old thread i just said it was agood thread to read for some. i'd say he done it already!

Time for him to get serious and buy a house.... O and investments in shares are a long term thing. Either way he would have made more money then spending it on a car. But then again, at 18, hell even now I still waste money on cars..... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

very good advise from Morgz Some original photos have not been recovered yet.