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3rd Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 667
From: Tooele, Utah
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.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 16,182
From: PA to KY ('07) to IL ('09) to MS ('10) to FL ('11)
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.
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,570
From: FL
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.
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 41
From: FL
He's right. We just traded our '05 for 10k.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 445
From: MD
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 $$$ for light mods to my '12 GT. Just saying.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 219
From: Texas
I too vote for trading the 6-er in and taking that $6000 and getting a stock V8. Or.....take a que from the MANY of us that are much older and have gone down this road a few times....and SAVE that $6000 or invest it in something that WILL make money in the future. I regret spending all that money and time working on cars in my late-teens and early 20's and having nothing to show for it today. If I had taken all of that money and put it away, I would have ZERO debt now and still have $$$ for light mods to my '12 GT. Just saying.
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,491
From: New Orleans
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.