Power Estimate/Value?
I stumbled upon a guy today with a liquid red G8, and just for ****s and giggles asked him if he would consider selling it. He said if the price was right, it's far from stock.
We talked, gave me the mods list... its basically everything I would want to do to the car. Only downside is the number of miles on the chassis.
185K on the chassis, under 5000 on a rebuilt motor. RCR ported heads .026 milled (does he have varying "stages" or pretty much the same grind on every head?) RCR custom grind cam (don't have specs yet), LS7 lifters, upgraded rockers, etc. 3.45 gears. 3200 stall, Some other goodies. And of course tuned by RCR. Headers, full exhaust (dont know brands)
Claims 475 to the wheels... I think that might be stretching it. I don't know. What do you think? What would be needed to reach that number to see if it "checks out"?
Exterior looked very clean. Didn't look at interior (not enough time).
He is asking $20K.
I really like the idea of buying a car already modded, as once I buy the car I doubt the wife is going to let me start dumping money into modding it. Plus it will be my DD so the downtime is going to hurt me. Just having the DOD delete is worth a couple thousand to me in terms of convenience...
I don't see a lot of cars for sale that are well modded. The things he has done is pretty much exactly what I would want to do. Plus I know Rick has a pretty long waiting list so to already have his magic touch on the car is another huge plus. I'm not able to purchase the car until August or September when my current lease is up, so the fact that he is not actively looking to sell it is another plus as there is a good chance it will still be there when I'm ready to buy. The motor should have a few thousand more miles on it by then to make sure everything is good with the rebuild, and well broken in.
To me the car is worth 20K... and at the end of the day I know that's all that matters but would love to hear opinions. I'll update the thread when I can go and look at it more up-close, take some pictures, take a ride, etc.
I stumbled upon a guy today with a liquid red G8, and just for ****s and giggles asked him if he would consider selling it. He said if the price was right, it's far from stock.
We talked, gave me the mods list... its basically everything I would want to do to the car. Only downside is the number of miles on the chassis.
185K on the chassis, under 5000 on a rebuilt motor. RCR ported heads .026 milled (does he have varying "stages" or pretty much the same grind on every head?) RCR custom grind cam (don't have specs yet), LS7 lifters, upgraded rockers, etc. 3.45 gears. 3200 stall, Some other goodies. And of course tuned by RCR. Headers, full exhaust (dont know brands)
Claims 475 to the wheels... I think that might be stretching it. I don't know. What do you think? What would be needed to reach that number to see if it "checks out"?
Exterior looked very clean. Didn't look at interior (not enough time).
He is asking $20K.
I really like the idea of buying a car already modded, as once I buy the car I doubt the wife is going to let me start dumping money into modding it. Plus it will be my DD so the downtime is going to hurt me. Just having the DOD delete is worth a couple thousand to me in terms of convenience...
I don't see a lot of cars for sale that are well modded. The things he has done is pretty much exactly what I would want to do. Plus I know Rick has a pretty long waiting list so to already have his magic touch on the car is another huge plus. I'm not able to purchase the car until August or September when my current lease is up, so the fact that he is not actively looking to sell it is another plus as there is a good chance it will still be there when I'm ready to buy. The motor should have a few thousand more miles on it by then to make sure everything is good with the rebuild, and well broken in.
To me the car is worth 20K... and at the end of the day I know that's all that matters but would love to hear opinions. I'll update the thread when I can go and look at it more up-close, take some pictures, take a ride, etc.