Unpeeling the Orange

[MBS206]

5 minutes ago, sunsetR33 said:

If I were to (honestly) sell this car, with the current issues it has I'd lose a ton of money. Might as well invest into the car instead.

Sunken cost fallacy.

The real question is, would you rather a car on the road now, that's perfect, or do you like the idea of building a car into something that's yours?

If the latter, put money into it.

If the earlier, sell it, and buy another, and be very particular.

However, be aware, they're an old car, they'll all require significant maintenance at some point.

[MBS206]

6 minutes ago, sunsetR33 said:

Both of these are questionable as to when I'd get one as well. Currently I think buying an engine locally, of which there are some available with various mods and prices, would be cheaper. Can also sell my engine as a partout then afterwards.

Buying local could also land you in the same scenario you're in now. Someone else just offloading their crap.

Edited May 16 by MBS206

[r32-25t]

You’ve already cracked a factory block, why would another factory block be any different 

[r32-25t]

Like the people who blow 5 stock boxes at 3k a hit when they could have bought a fully built box for 12k in the first place 

[sunsetR33]

On 16/05/2025 at 11:39 AM, MBS206 said:

Sunken cost fallacy.

The real question is, would you rather a car on the road now, that's perfect, or do you like the idea of building a car into something that's yours?

If the latter, put money into it.

If the earlier, sell it, and buy another, and be very particular.

However, be aware, they're an old car, they'll all require significant maintenance at some point.

On 16/05/2025 at 11:41 AM, MBS206 said:

Buying local could also land you in the same scenario you're in now. Someone else just offloading their crap.

If I had "perfect R33 GTR" kinda money I would have bought one of the crazy expensive low mileage HJA cars, but I am sadly not that wealthy. I already picked this car out of various Skylines for sale locally, most of which were worse in some way. Only a few cars were actually better but also more expensive.
In terms of buying a motor locally, I at least have the option to inspect it myself and juding the seller as a person, and used or freshly rebuilt engines that some people sell are actually ok price-wise.
I knew the car was going to require work, but shit piled up real fast and I haven't even driven 1000km yet as the turbo started oiling like a bitch within a few weeks after I got the car.

 

On 16/05/2025 at 11:53 AM, r32-25t said:

You’ve already cracked a factory block, why would another factory block be any different 

On 16/05/2025 at 11:55 AM, r32-25t said:

Like the people who blow 5 stock boxes at 3k a hit when they could have bought a fully built box for 12k in the first place 

I assume it wasn't actually me who cracked it, though there is no way to know when that crack formed and if the previous owner even knew it was there.
Buying another 05U Block can be a gamble, yeah, but the cheapest PRP cast block is like twice or more money-wise, and billet is 3 or 3 times as much.
For now I am most likely just keeping the current engine, as a rebuild or engine swap isn't happening right now.
But I am seriously considering buying a second engine and selling mine in return. Might be a sweet deal at the end.