How much money did you spend to go how fast?

[mean81GT]

my car doesn't look as good as yours probably do (yet), but i spent $500 bucks on the chassis with a blown motor and tranny. spent $500 on a motor from a buddy of mine, got a tranny out of a junker in a salvage yard for $50. bolted it all in, and nickel and dimed myself to death ($1000). car did mid 12's at 110. now, there was alot more money in the motor than what i paid for it, but i traded a little bit of manual labor for it with the cash.

the car is now being restored. actually, i am still collecting the parts, plan to crank the first wrench come spring. doing the math on what the car should cost, with all the parts i am planning on buying, puts me in the 3500 dollar range of added cost. but anyone that has restored a car can tell you, when you plan on 3500 to spend, better have 7000 just in case. just the way it goes. when the car is finally done, it will go 11's. and be a show car to boot.

so if you put all of that together, you have a grand total of about $9000. to have a show car that runs 11's. thuis of course is doing all of the work myself.(sort of, i have friends that help alot)