Originally Posted by
Franc Rauscher
Let's gt serious for a moment.
The realistic variable in your back of the envelope business plan would be thecost of the donor cars.
Josh, where would you need to be with a provided donor car, manual tranny, to make your margins?
And then deliver a first rate, no corners cut, just like a real company, product?
For me to swap a 50,000 mile 5.0L into stock Crossfire formation, have it look pretty, and confident enough to warranty the work... $12-14K depending on how good a condition the motor and car are in when I get them. Of course other motor's would be different pricing. Same mileage SRT motor into a 6-speed NA - $9-12K Depending on arrived condition of motor and car. The 4.3L would be~ 11-13K. The 5.4NA would be more like 14-18K because there is still engineering work to be done for the ECU work, and the 55K would be $20K+ depending on a lot more because we are looking at serious upgrades to hold the power, especially for a 6-speed.
Edit: There are still other variables... SRT - 55K: Cheaper than automatic NA - 55K... Which would be cheaper than the 6-speed NA - 55K...
None of the prices include receiving the car, or returning it.