Mr. Rustypwnz
Advanced Member
Here is my thought on the subject without getting into specific numbers. I have had several friends 'build' (take it to a shop and have someone do it for them) High Horse Power cars. Not just Mustangs. Everytime I see them they are in the daily beater not the built car. Its always broken, waiting on another part, caught fire, not tuned right, ad etc.... What the hell is the point of having a fun car if you cant take it out and drive it? They are always touting how much HP the car is pushing and I will say, "Lets run'em." But they dont have their cars with them.
Now Track only cars, thats another story....
I know a couple people, that have 60-70K$ in a FOX mustang and only have maybe 500 miles on the car total after the build, and are on the 5th or so motor, not because the others had problems either, its crazy, but they usually want everything perfect, and wont drive it if it gets a scratch or something. Generally anal people lol.
There is no reason you should build a car, and not be able to daily drive the damn thing, or take it out regularly. I understand bad luck, but some people, will have the car down 2+ years, put thousands of dollars into it, and then get it running for maybe a week, and then tear it down again, just because, they got different heads or something, and it sit for another year. makes no sense! But I'm a driver.