Serious question/problem
02-25-2013, 01:12 PM
#14
3rd Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Tooele, Utah
Posts: 667
The point is that you WONT HAVE PAYMENT WITH YOUR TRADE & THE $6K. You will prob have a bit left over.
You wont have any warranty on the work you are planning on & it can get real expensive sorting out any issues you WILL have after a swap like that. A new GT will have a warranty & no issues.
There is so much supporting mods u need to get the V6 to 400 rwhp.
Drive shaft, I wouldnt trust the stock DS w/ that power.
Transmission, will it handle it? Prob not.
Your gonna eat up a good portion of $6k just getting the car ready for what you want.
Buy a GT, you will be amazed at how fast you get over losing the 6.
You wont have any warranty on the work you are planning on & it can get real expensive sorting out any issues you WILL have after a swap like that. A new GT will have a warranty & no issues.
There is so much supporting mods u need to get the V6 to 400 rwhp.
Drive shaft, I wouldnt trust the stock DS w/ that power.
Transmission, will it handle it? Prob not.
Your gonna eat up a good portion of $6k just getting the car ready for what you want.
Buy a GT, you will be amazed at how fast you get over losing the 6.
02-25-2013, 07:06 PM
#15
6th Gear Member
Don't forget suspension and rubber to hookup, racking up another $1500 -$2500. And if you want to stop without destroying the stock V6 brakes, there's another couple hundred.
02-27-2013, 09:05 PM
#16
You can buy an S197 GT for 12k now.
I mean, I've love to sell you all kinds of mods for your V6, but I tend to agree with those suggesting a trade (or better yet, an outright sale of your car) and then putting the $6k toward a GT.
I mean, I've love to sell you all kinds of mods for your V6, but I tend to agree with those suggesting a trade (or better yet, an outright sale of your car) and then putting the $6k toward a GT.
02-28-2013, 07:30 AM
#17
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: FL
Posts: 41
He's right. We just traded our '05 for 10k.
02-28-2013, 09:28 AM
#18
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 445
I too vote for trading the 6-er in and taking that $6000 and getting a stock V8. Or.....take a que from the MANY of us that are much older and have gone down this road a few times....and SAVE that $6000 or invest it in something that WILL make money in the future. I regret spending all that money and time working on cars in my late-teens and early 20's and having nothing to show for it today. If I had taken all of that money and put it away, I would have ZERO debt now and still have $$$ for light mods to my '12 GT. Just saying.
02-28-2013, 09:50 AM
#19
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 219
I too vote for trading the 6-er in and taking that $6000 and getting a stock V8. Or.....take a que from the MANY of us that are much older and have gone down this road a few times....and SAVE that $6000 or invest it in something that WILL make money in the future. I regret spending all that money and time working on cars in my late-teens and early 20's and having nothing to show for it today. If I had taken all of that money and put it away, I would have ZERO debt now and still have $$$ for light mods to my '12 GT. Just saying.
02-28-2013, 01:15 PM
#20
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 4,491
I too vote for trading the 6-er in and taking that $6000 and getting a stock V8. Or.....take a que from the MANY of us that are much older and have gone down this road a few times....and SAVE that $6000 or invest it in something that WILL make money in the future. I regret spending all that money and time working on cars in my late-teens and early 20's and having nothing to show for it today. If I had taken all of that money and put it away, I would have ZERO debt now and still have $$$ for light mods to my '12 GT. Just saying.