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16th April 2007, 21:24
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5EXi/-R Build Costs
Just interested if anyone out there is keeping an eye on what sort of money is being spent on there project, I know most people say too much but just added up what JNRacing has spent so far and I was shocked. I know our car is a race car but still be nice if it wasn't just us that have reciepts alone adding up over 10k, when only having 40% of the car complete and still a lot of large items and bills to pay, (mainly out of our choice though).
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16th April 2007, 21:54
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Yep - keeping tabs on everything, as it's a 50/50 venture.
Suffice to say, my tally is well beyond £10k, and will be nearer £20k by the time it's done...... if that is a kit is ever "done".
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17th April 2007, 07:27
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yeah I was keeping tabs until a few months ago but lost interest...I have kept every receipt though and will tally at the end but so far I am probably sitting at about 19-20k
But I still have loads to buy and a good spray job will be about 3k so not sure what end build cost will be????
I have over 250 receipts though some items have been bought 2 sometimes 3 times ie basta*d brakes
I have a funny habit of not really trying to sell the parts I dont need either
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17th April 2007, 13:30
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Arh nice to know that its not just me goin mad aboutt he kit costing double what marlin say you can build one for, ours will come somwhere in the region of 20-25k when finished to the point of racing.
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18th April 2007, 11:26
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Built mine in 4 weekends for under eight grand - hehehehehe
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18th April 2007, 16:03
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Originally Posted by MikeR
Built mine in 4 weekends for under eight grand - hehehehehe
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18th April 2007, 21:32
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19th April 2007, 08:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeR
Built mine in 4 weekends for under eight grand - hehehehehe
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Wow, Marlin reckon it'll cost £9k
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Originally Posted by Marlin website
sportscar styling and performance and can be built in a domestic garage over four week-ends for just £9,000.
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Scary, but I reckon mine will be just above that figure.
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19th April 2007, 23:12
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Scary, but I reckon mine will be just above that figure.
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If that's a serious comment, and not tongue in cheek, like I think a fair few above are, then that's pretty good going.
The problem, if it's right to say problem, with the Type-R build is there are a number of costs Marlin don't publicise much. For starters, my driveshafts cost more than I can pick up a K-series for! Pretty amusing, when you consider the complexity of an engine v's a pair of steel rods! Marlin also don't sell the Type-R kits as well sorted as the k-series kits (from what I can tell). If I had attempted to build my car using what Marlin supplied, it simply wouldn't work!
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20th April 2007, 12:02
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Originally Posted by alackofspeed
If that's a serious comment, and not tongue in cheek, like I think a fair few above are, then that's pretty good going.
The problem, if it's right to say problem, with the Type-R build is there are a number of costs Marlin don't publicise much. For starters, my driveshafts cost more than I can pick up a K-series for! Pretty amusing, when you consider the complexity of an engine v's a pair of steel rods! Marlin also don't sell the Type-R kits as well sorted as the k-series kits (from what I can tell). If I had attempted to build my car using what Marlin supplied, it simply wouldn't work!
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My car is chassis No5.
The K series spec has improved since then.
Honestly, I have bought / sourced / made things other than getting many parts from Marlin in order to keep the costs down as much as possible.
The final cost should be less than £10k. If I had bought everything from Marlin and paid retail prices this would easily be nearer £15k
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