no0b alert... Go easy... Question for the tech guys (Page 1 of 2)

In the grand scheme of things, stop stressing about the LETTER of the law on the budget but here is the rundown:

If it is a "safety" item, you  cannot sell it to decrease the budget (brakes, wheels, etc) because they you would be buy the same stuff budget exempt.

You sell as much stuff as you want but your car cannot be worth less than $0.

In this particular case, keep the coil-overs (assuming you can document they came with the car) especially if they are a universal design.  Get a heat gun and strip the tint.  Replace the engine with a junkyard motor and focus on the important bits of safety and reliability.  You won't have a chance for the first two races anyway...take the laps if they give them to you.

Alternatively, swap in a Quad4 and become the star of the show.

If the hood is in decent condition, I'm sure there is some 16yr new to the ricer scene who may want to trade his OEM hood+cash for your fiberglass one.

Win/Win on that one.
If the interior is any good, you may also be able to sell off enough unneccessary bits to get yourself a new engine if you find the right marketplace. Maybe.

To start off, I'd offer him $200.

A good tactic is to respond to the "but its got a $300 hood" with "cool you keep the hood and sell it for $300 and I'll give you $200 for the rest of car". Repeat for any other parts you don't need but the owner thinks is valuable.
Most shitboxes are worth much more in parts but if the owner had time,space and motivation he would be parting it out himself.

It's believable for a $500 car. Buy it, sell off $500 off stuff, swap in a $500 engine. You might get some crap for the coilovers (What kind are they? Are they just Chinese knockoff garbage?), but at the very worst worst you'd probably get something like 10-20 penalty laps. You're not going to win at your first race (You're just not; I don't think any team has done that outside of first-in-region races) so take your penalty laps the first time out, prove the car is bad and you have a sense of humor, and then have fun racing.

Even if you get docked some laps, you still get to race until the replacement engine windows its block.

Unfortunately no, I wish it was... Its a gt with the good Ol' 1zzfe >03' version which burns through oil like its on a vegas vacation....  Probably why it blew in the first place..  Plus I know how this guy drove this thing...95mph up and down I10 towing his kart trailer and sprint kart going back and forth to the track!   I do think its a 6 speed though..

Pretty sure the coils are legit..  However they are likely many many years old, with many many hard miles on them...  I'll take pics of all I can, including the official purchase...  I brought up the issue of the hood with him when I went to look at it.  He mentioned at one point he still had the OE hood, but his old room mare decided to use it for target practice and that was the end of that...

What about the wheels?  Better I sell/trade for stock rollers or go ahead with whats already on there? 

I appreciate all the help and replys guys... keep em coming!!

The motor should come relatively easy at a u pull since its not a 2zzfe.  Essentially its a toyota matrix/corolla  pontiac vibe engine with a celica head.  I should be able to score one of those for 150-200 ish?   Sell off the strut bars, make a good deal for the 'glass hood +cash, sell the CAI and I should be gravy on that end, maybe with some extra.   

Question.. Do all the lights, besides the 3rd brake light need to be removed?

Correct, but if they're worth money to someone, you might again find it worth your while financially to trade for crappier wheels + cash.

Learn from my mistake: If the wheels are worth actual money, don't race them. Wheels get bent and banged up and destroyed in this kind of racing.

They look like 17s in the picture, this is good as it gives you plenty of tire choice, they also look like they would be good for air flow around the brakes, I'd run them!

Looking through the rule book, I think I should be good to go once I sort the hood out.  I'm glad there's no sunroof to have to deal with, and as far as the tinted glass, if patience runs thin while stripping it off, I'll see if I can score a better net balance by removing them and selling//trading them for goods.  Hoping to hit the last race of the year for the south region in Kershaw... If not, Barber next year... It'll be fun to run around there in a car, instead of my Karts for the first time.  I plan on stopping by for the event in May to get a closer view the festivities, and understand better what I have to do to join in.  Lemons ran at VIR the last year I raced WKA and we shared the track with them during the day..  At night, we got to listen to some 90+ cars rip around for several hours while we all put a few adult beverage away...  I wish I took the time then to get better acclimated to the series..   I appreciate all you guys that chimed in to help get me squared away, I hope to run into some of you at the races, and/or around the forum as my build progresses!!