Hey,

I'm looking to lay down 1/4's in the high 11's/low 12's and it seems like a Greddy TT would be the best way to do it with the G35. Trying to see if this is even an option for me. I've done some research and it seems I will at least have to add a built long block, injectors, clutch, radiator etc, but I know from past experience that expenses will pop up down the road that were unaccounted for.

With labor about how much could I expect to pay for this total build including supporting modifications?

To get any sort of decent estimate I'd have to research for hours and I still would probably miss something. Just hoping to get an idea from someone who has been through a similar experience.

Thanks

 

ask this on my350z.com they're really helpful there

 

Your looking around the 10-12k range.

 

Double that and you're in the ball park.

The turbo kit alone will be $7,000 the engine will be at least $5,000, clutch $2,500....that's to get you started, to run into the 11s. I would get axles and a good diff....

 

Trying to decided whether or not to switch for a 335i or Greddy TT the G35. The cost for me to switch to a 3 year newer 335i that would push into the 11's would be around $20k or so. Been on the fence about this for months

 

If you're looking for 11's your build is going to be extremely expensive... If you just want to get to 11's you're better off with a different platform/car

 

OP it's my opinion you need to do a LOT of reading through the FI section here and on my350z before you commit to this project. It's a lot more involved/expensive than I think you understand.

 

This., I am Turbo charged. Unless your ready to blow a motor, you need to build up the internals. This means lots of research on parts.

 

straight up for what you want & for it to be reliable (imo) you're gonna need minimum 20,000.00

 

20k to do it right.. and even then it's hard to hit 11's.. I supercharged my G.. no issues.. was pushing 370hp and 320TQ to the wheels.. it was a lot of fun.. but to increase power to 500hp+.. you have to spend a lot of time and money, and tuning.. knowing what I know now, I think I would probably have gone with a different platform which already has forced induction..

 

Thanks everyone for you responses. I'm afraid that this will be way more of a headache then I am hoping for, but I was also expecting that I would need a new long block with forged internals so I had figured it would be in the neighborhood of $25000 which is okay.

My main concerns right now are:
-that the build will be problematic causing my car to go out of commission for a couple of months and the price of the build to exceed $25k.
-that I will not be able to get any real resale back compared to a 335i

But on the other hand I plan on driving the car I build until it inevitably breaks down, and I'm worried that the BMW will break down WAAAAAY sooner and constantly have expensive problems all throughout my ownership.

I am completely open to a new platform and I have about $35-40k available for the build including the platform, however I'm not too knowledgeable in regards to which cars can easily be modified to create reliable power. Does anyone have any suggestions for platforms that can create reliable power while retaining a good chunk of their resale value? I'd love to get into researching a couple of other cars but I don't know where to start.

Thanks guys! I appreciate your time and concern so far!

 

no, there are no such cars. Easy/reliable would be slapping a supercharger on a large displacement domestic V8, then parting out, but those have no resale value. I don't know of any car, especially a BMW, that holds resale value beyond 5 yrs/80K miles, so driving a car until it breaks while maintaining resale value seems impossible.

 

Resale value is out the window when you heavily modify a car.

Your looking around $20K+ for a somewhat reliable build. If I'm able to hit 11's with an automatic and only 490whp, then you should have no problem doing so with a proper 20G setup.

 

I have been boosted since 04 when I first got the car, Vortech for 31k miles and then built motor with APS TT from 2007 till today. If you do it right and not cut corners then it will last a very long time.

I spent a tad over 20k with motor, trans and FCon system and the dreaded labor but I have 183k miles on the car with 115k boosted with the TT kit

 

Buy a really fast bike for much less and just enjoy your g35 as it is