Will putting a Whipple on hurt the value?
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If I were to sell the car I would take the whipple out and reinstall the stock blower.
The general public usually prefers a stock car. Enthusiasts that can see the value of the mods will be more interested.
As with any other mod since it is done to your specification and liking you are narrowing the potential demand.
It does not mean that it will hurt its value. As always it depends on supply and demand. If you need to shift it quickly you may need to lower its price. If you can wait you may find the right buyer.
The rule of thumb on mods/upgrade is that they usually bring 50% of their cost, as long as they buyer is after those specific carachteristics.
But again the Whipple can be just swapped out. I say go for it and never look back... you'll think abt it if and when you want to sell the car.
The general public usually prefers a stock car. Enthusiasts that can see the value of the mods will be more interested.
As with any other mod since it is done to your specification and liking you are narrowing the potential demand.
It does not mean that it will hurt its value. As always it depends on supply and demand. If you need to shift it quickly you may need to lower its price. If you can wait you may find the right buyer.
The rule of thumb on mods/upgrade is that they usually bring 50% of their cost, as long as they buyer is after those specific carachteristics.
But again the Whipple can be just swapped out. I say go for it and never look back... you'll think abt it if and when you want to sell the car.
I have people requesting cars with the whipple all the time. I personlly dont think it would hurt the value.....
Just my $.02
Just my $.02
I can't see any downside. Keep the tune within reason and save all the take offs. Not much different than putting on custom wheels.
Kayvan's 20-50 yr stmt is 100% right. But, that said (and as others have said above) one can ALWAYS convert the car back to totally stock whenever one wishes as long as all the stock parts are kept.
The beauty of a FGT from the "mods" standpoint is EXTERNAL mods to the engine are all that's needed to build it's H.P. into the realm of, "dearly beloved we are gathered here". And these mods are swapped back out real easily.
Besides, unless one has his foot in the radiator CONSTANTLY, the extra boost pressures available wouldn't hurt a darn thing if the car's driven SANELY. The car just shows a vacuum condition on the 'gauge (or just VERY low boost) in any NORMAL traffic/driving conditions. Full boost only occures when the accelerator pedal and the front bumper shake hands. And for MOST people, that wouldn't happen very often. :biggrin Therfore, depending on the particular OWNER - not the mods - the extra power available need not cause ANY additional wear/devaluation at all.
Professor Pockets
The beauty of a FGT from the "mods" standpoint is EXTERNAL mods to the engine are all that's needed to build it's H.P. into the realm of, "dearly beloved we are gathered here". And these mods are swapped back out real easily.
Besides, unless one has his foot in the radiator CONSTANTLY, the extra boost pressures available wouldn't hurt a darn thing if the car's driven SANELY. The car just shows a vacuum condition on the 'gauge (or just VERY low boost) in any NORMAL traffic/driving conditions. Full boost only occures when the accelerator pedal and the front bumper shake hands. And for MOST people, that wouldn't happen very often. :biggrin Therfore, depending on the particular OWNER - not the mods - the extra power available need not cause ANY additional wear/devaluation at all.
Professor Pockets
BlackICE
GT Owner
Pockets is right! :thumbsup
Pockets could have added Nitritos, TT, with Whipple and ran Methanol to his once owned GT and not hurt a thing! It would have outlast all of our cars!
:rofl
Pockets could have added Nitritos, TT, with Whipple and ran Methanol to his once owned GT and not hurt a thing! It would have outlast all of our cars!
:rofl
The obvious answer is: Depends upon the potential buyer when you are trying to sell. Some may not want it and some may want it.
Only the Shadow knows for sure.
Only the Shadow knows for sure.
- Aug 25, 2006
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Huuum.....
IMO “NO”; these cars have not only come into their own but have been so widely accepted that there are certain tweaks that are quickly being a staple; meaning as if there from day one.
My feelings that there are a-typical tweaks such as the Whipple, TT, and exhaust that will always be accepted and to some degree desired by a large audience however when it comes to wheels these can and typically are much more subjectively looked at.
Do I think that a gal in a bubble that is in total OEM trim will find an extreme buyer in 50 years; maybe and yet the best I will be able to do is force ably live those emotions today because in 50 I will ..... elsewhere
Takes care and “enjoy” the gals rather than project a point in time when you remember how cool it was to own the gal that the new owner finally enjoys.
Shadowman
IMO “NO”; these cars have not only come into their own but have been so widely accepted that there are certain tweaks that are quickly being a staple; meaning as if there from day one.
My feelings that there are a-typical tweaks such as the Whipple, TT, and exhaust that will always be accepted and to some degree desired by a large audience however when it comes to wheels these can and typically are much more subjectively looked at.
Do I think that a gal in a bubble that is in total OEM trim will find an extreme buyer in 50 years; maybe and yet the best I will be able to do is force ably live those emotions today because in 50 I will ..... elsewhere
Takes care and “enjoy” the gals rather than project a point in time when you remember how cool it was to own the gal that the new owner finally enjoys.
Shadowman
GTNJ
GT Owner
I agree ............ now having stated that, and so well I might add,
What do your think about the B door mod and potential value?
Regards
B O N Y
MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
I'm with Shadowman.
50 years from now I'll be getting my mods done at Discovery Automotive on Cloud #999.56a6
50 years from now I'll be getting my mods done at Discovery Automotive on Cloud #999.56a6
- Aug 25, 2006
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Now in answering what you referred to as the “B” doors which I simply call the “upsweep door system” for several reasons I offer a slightly different slant.
When these gals were initially delivered and tweaks such as the upsweep doors were presented to the marketplace two camps quickly became defined; those that cried foul because of the purist mentality which I can relate to and the others that said that they should have been delivered this way which I can also relate to.
Now here we are a couple years later and many of the first generation owners have come and gone and in their place are in most cases folks more interested in driving when compared to simply owning these gals. It is this process that will make those in bubbles potentially more valuable in 50 years however IMO the upsweep doors are far more than functional; they change the character of the gal.
For example; when she drives on to a lot one sees a gal from days gone past and goes “OMG” and then when the operator finally gets out and the doors migrate up they goes “Holly Poop”. The doors do not make the gal better; simply different and I think that they add the exotic touch to an already recognized “SuperCar”. The fact that they make getting in and out and to some degree parking easier in my world was little more than a secondary benefit.
Lastly; yes the upsweep doors can be converted back to OEM operation and even though an arduous process once completed no one would be the wiser and yet why would you? The deal breaker IMO with this type of tweak is the execution and if done so in a manner that can be considered as if OEM then it remains a win and there will always be those (as with the GTX-1) that will search high and low for one of the gals with this boutique system in place.
Takes care
Shadowman
The B doors are gonna KILL the value! Take them off and send to me immediatly before it hurts your value any further! :biggrin
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tmcphail
GT Owner/Vendor
Gulf GT
GT Owner
Agreed. Even one step further, years down the road when certain modifications are not available, and these modifications have become as Shadowman has stated "staple" or extremely desired (which many already have), they will add value to the car. 50 years from now, if you have all the original parts AND you have all the most "desired" modifications, the car will be worth more in 9 out of 10 cases, because in reality it is a "stock" car with all the "bells and whistles" that all the old "original hard core" owners felt were the best in the the car's hayday.