LMAO, well do my figures sound somewhat realistic? I mean, there are tons of people out there that make less than what we will be making, and they make it by fine with fairly new vehicles. My girl and I both are gonna be doing the same thing, making from 17-23 bucks an hour...
What have you done to your Focus? Also there are a bunch of stock Z28s and ***** Ams around here that are proud that they run high 13s LOL
If those will be your only bills then you might be good. I don't know if these things apply to you but there's also: cell phone bills, cable/internet, health insurance, credit cards if you have any. And also make sure you have money for any incidental things or emergencies.
Health insurance is taken out of our paychecks already from work, after we get full time anyways, so that isnt a factor. Cell phones/internet/TV were hopefully included in the 1200 I said for rent/food/etc. I figured, 600 for rent/utilities, 50 for internet, 120 for cell phones, 50 for tv, and like 350 or so for groceries/food. Even if I were to raise it another 300 bucks to 1500 a month, that would still leave each of us like 1150 a month for whatever we wanna get or need. It sounds easily doable to me, but right now I am working part time at minimum wage and only paying 60 for car, 150 for insurance, 50 for my phone, and 200 for rent, so there might be more I am missing...
i don't know a single person that owns a Z28 or ***** Am that runs slower than 12.50s. my focus, ha what haven't I done to it. after it gets it's overhaul I probably barely break 12.80s. right now, i have a decked head for 10.8:1 compression, ported and polished head, big bore throttle body, ported intake manifold, 3" intake piping with re-calibrated MAFS for 24lb injectors, 24lb injectors, adjustable cam gears (dialed in via dyno), stage 2 cams, light weight pulley kit, lightweight flywheel, stage 2 clutch, poly urethane motor and ***** mounts, SCT X3 tune, ZEX kit 100shot daily (150 shot for track and "special" races), NT555 tires for the front for track days. on the motor 160+hp and 140+ torque, on the daily spray 250+hp and 160+ torque, on track spray 280+hp and 300+ torque. sadly enough, blew the head gasket twice when running 150shot. ran 12.70s on 150shot and NT555s, ran 13 flat on 100 shot and street tires.
Wow, you run high 12s with only 280hp? lol I guess thats the miracle of having a light as balls car. Sounds nice either way, I bet its a blast to drive, even though you probably get crazy torque steer dont you?
I question that, I was in the low 12's with a lot of tire spin and a lot of mods. Are they running street slicks? If so that makes sense... I would have been in the 11's on street legal slicks I'm sure.
A GTI was one of my competitors for sure, but if I was going for a hot hatch, I think it would have to be the Mazdaspeed3. And the only GTI I would consider would be the 2.0T honestly. I have friends with Jetta 1.8ts and A4 1.8ts and they have soooo many problems with them, and they are expensive to fix. Thanks for the consideration, it is one of the top 5 still on my list....
