W123 racing setup - serious questions within - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Secondaries · #27 09-12-2013, 12:42 AM

In order to give people a general idea of the direction I'm taking this project, I wanted to outline the budget that I have laid out thus far:

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$ 400     Original vehicle price
  270     Wheels (15x7 ET25 / 16x8 ET34)
  660     Tires (Nitto NT-01 225/45R15 / 245/50R16)
  625     Shocks (W126 Bilstein B8 Sprint)
  240     Springs (5" 600F / 700R)
  140     Spring adjusters
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$2335

So I'm up to over two grand and I haven't done any power upgrades or maintenance. My initial goal was to complete this car for under $2000 including the $400 purchase price. Now with a minimum of a front end rebuild and water methanol injection, it's looking like I need to increase that number to $3000.

I knew from the get-go that I'd probably lose my ass. But damn!