StevieB

I was reading about the $100K C5
SUPER CAR BUILD

I decided to come up with my
EXTRA SUPER DUPER MONSTER C5

335 MPH=3.7 seconds

COSTS=

Retired top fuel dragster $700
Fix 3 blown out cylinders $400
New rear tires $49 each
Front tires $27 each
Rear replica plastic C5 body panels $200
Front panels =20’ long=$600

Builders=

LITTLE BILLY AND HIS PARTNER
LITTLE TIM,
NEIGHBORHOOD LAWNMOWER KIDS

$75 EACH
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS=$200
BADA BING=FINAL COST $2,499 MAX

DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS;
DON’T PRESS THE GAS PEDAL REAL HARD ON
RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO CUT BACK ON ROCKET FUEL $

derz_vette

aw man thats so fast!!!


I better make a 1 million $$$ C5 post =)

StevieB

yea, mine is a better deal and goes way faster.



People get too serious in here sometimes. A few years ago there was a guy wanting to figure out what it would take to get his C5 hit 200MPH. “NO B.S. SUGGESTIONS, ONLY SERIOUS INFORMATION TO REACH MY GOAL” or some **** like that. I’ve been here lately because I’m talking about the value of my C5.
I’m obviously just goofing around and not making fun of you now

be cool bro.

v8srfun

Don't forget to adjust the after burner

Vetteman Jack

Don't forget to add costs for the parachutes to slow the car down.

StevieB

Yea, thanks, I forgot about those. I see used ones all the time on eBay.
If I can’t get them cheap enough I’ll use 2 king size bed sheets with strings glued onto the car.

With those parachutes I can cut cost on the brakes. I'll get some old drum brakes at the boneyard for maybe $47 each, or on eBay.

I see afterburners on ebay all the time for $37;
I'll add that to the list.
After burners are made to be used on a jet engine. It will need to be customized to work on my 8 cylinder engine.

That reminds me, I forgot that my engine uses 2 spark plugs per cylinder. I can buy them in bulk, 30 per box on eBay, maybe $72.

It won’t fit into the garage, it’s way too long.
I'll get 2 car covers and sew them together so it can fit into my driveway. They cost about $15 each on ebay.

I better sharpen my crayon because I’m using too much paper adding even more to the cost.

Now I have to pay the lawn mower kids an extra $200 each for the build. I think I’ve added a total of $654, give or take $237.

I may have my ideas a little mixed up because I’m so excited. I’ll run it through my universal translator to fine tune the entire idea and costs.
BADA-BING, THERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!

v8srfun

You are on the path to success and happiness

usgecko

Paint it red - you will get an extra 500 hp from that.

DRAFT1

Black 02

The real question, how much would a C5 with 10,000 hp be worth?

v8srfun

priceless

StevieB

Good question;

I still have a few little things to top off the entire project. I'll add those details really fine-tuned after a few more hours on the old calculator. I would say, after I add those costs, just a ballpark # of $972,116.23, give or take around $5.27.
Now I can keep my car and even buy a big house.

Black 02

That's way too low. Two of my fiends have both offered me $1.5M for my 10,000 hp car. I know they're legit and have the money but I refuse to sell it to them. You should ask for way more than that because I obviously know everything there is to know about this topic.

memmer

It would be worth LOVE to,and only to, the owner.
Fred

StevieB

I know, but I'm going for a quick sale. Who knows, after this one is completed I'll build another. It would be a lot easier because all I'll have to do is copy this one.

Of course, it's like a standard regular old Corvette.
It may take a few years to work out the kinks. By that time I will have made a profit of maybe $1TRILLION, in total. My calculator won't show how many 0s, that's why I needed to spell it.

v8srfun

But what if someone wants you to build one with 10,001 hp. You would have to change the whole thing

StevieB

BTW, I realize I don’t have all of those #s and brands and details like the 100K BUILD.
The lawnmower kids are doing all of that mundane crap, I don’t care, nor do I need to.

StevieB

Sorry for getting back on the case so much later than where we left off.
Being a part time brain surgeon at our shop in Mexico has kept me very busy.

radar502

$100K in C-5 , if I don't stop spending on my 04 I'll soon have that much in mine.. I have friends that have $50,000 in there C-5s .. Lets see new GM 427 $14,000 RPM trans $6,000 coil over shocks $3,000 Big brakes $3,000 wide finders paint tires wheels $8,000 ,That's $35,000 + the cost of the C-5 . I have friends that have that much in there C-5s if not more ..So $100K I could see it ..

StevieB

Well, anybody that spends $100,000 on a C5 is as they say in medical terminology, NUTS!!!
How often do they let him out of the rubber room for visitors?

I have already procured most of what I need SO FAR for the build. Mostly on eBay, former dragster owners, crashed airplanes, handmade parts, lots of different places.
I’m a very smart shopper.
My original cost was projected at $4,300, but as we go along it looks like we may need to spend, CALL ME A WHACKO, but it looks like it may take $7,000 for the final build.
My wife just clipped a coupon for the afterburner at WALLYWORLD for $27.99.

20,000 HP takes lots of $ to make. I’m of course going to paint it red.
Somebody said that is an extra 500HP . I’m only buying the best.
I guess that’s what it takes to do things the right way.