Yeah, I wish I could have dynoed with each part I put on the car...,

 

I'll post my costs so far.
LET pulley/phenolics/SL55 boxes/ Thermostat/Radiator fan tuning/Tune= $2050
Kooks exhaust with tips 764.00
Dyno time and custom tune$220
Custom Plenums $100
Total expense on car $3134
This was for 377/378 on a Dynojet.
Two future mods will be TVT injectors and ACPT driveshaft then retune.

 

I'm under $3k for mine. I got the asp 178 and NW intake on the group buy. The NW mani's group buy. IM tune $500, and NW ypipe. Heck even add in my $89 dollar bosch pump. With my wheels tires and data logger than I'm closer to $4K.

 

Now thats what I am talking about how much $ per how much HP....

Now for the person out there that doesn't make it on a group buy....full cost would be how much $ per hp $

Soon its diminishing returns....don't ya think Import?

 

It's always the case of diminishing returns with racing. After the bolt ons it starts becoming 3-5hp gains at a much greater expense, especially with these cars.

 

I figure it's right about $10 per time slip so far, and around 8 trophies. Winning a race on the same track that I've been watching the pro's at for years is priceless.

 

I agree Kirk, and with mods both you and I have, I actually expected more out of both cars. I admit, I have a lot of money in the car. With all my mods, including the gauges and drag radial setup, I have $5,500 invested in the car. But I did get in on a lot of group buys and have good relationships with a lot of the vendors on here, otherwise it would be closer to $7,500. Do I believe all the mods we equal bang for the buck? No, but you get to a point (like said above) that its hard to make a few more horsepower. My next steps to make more power, after I get injectors and a fresh dyno tune, would be nitrous or a turbo kit. Nitrous is a possibility....and turbo will not happen, to expensive.