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09-18-2002, 05:50 PM
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Shell or whole
It seems to me that it would be Cheaper and better to get a car with no motor that you think looks cool and buy a new motor with 500+ponys for like 3k$ 4k$ with a grand total way less than 10k$ you could whip almost anything on the road thats moded or not. Then of course you would mod but still it would be less than geting a nice car used for like 10k+ or a chap new car for like 15k, for me i dont want to spend a lot of money on just getting the car and to get a nice car like lets say the Evo8 thats coming out its around 28k or a used supra for maybe 15k this way you can start with 500+
 ponys and with mods who knows and you spent under 10k (with out mods) than you have cash left over to play with mods.What do you guys think  GOT RICE 
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#2
09-18-2002, 05:56 PM
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Cheaper, yes, but you bring a lot of variables into the mix when you are building a car. You may be right in the case that it's cheaper to get a motor, but you will also have to get a different tranny, driveline, engine mounts, etc in order to do that. You also bring in a question of reliability.
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09-19-2002, 08:31 PM
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Yup - theres a lot more to putting a car together then just a frame and an engine. By the time its all said and done, you may spend more then if you'd just bought the car. I remember reading that if you put a $20K car together using parts off the shelf, it'd end up running close to $50K. Talk about a mark up.
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09-20-2002, 03:43 PM
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These are the guys to talk to. Take a first gen RX7, preferably an 81-85 non GSL-SE, and put a Ford 5.0 in it... figure a 350hp 347 stroker to be about $3000. The 5.0 weighs something like 410 lbs, and the 12A rotary in the RX7 weighs 350 lbs... Move the battery to the trunk and you're set.
Granny's supplies everything necessary, from a custom driveshaft, to a new transmission crossmember, and they can even get you a good radiator that'll fit... http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/rx7.html
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