I graduated ReD3kgt95r's 1995 3000GT base into Manhood.

[Carnage VR4]

Absolutely STUNNING work. You did an amazing job with all of the work, attention to detail and completion. For the amount of work you've put in, your prices are ridiculous, I agree with others that unless you really enjoy doing this you'd better raise those prices, either that or expect A TON of new business... myself included.

Great job, keep these threads coming, your documenting work is about as good as the project itself.


-Matt

[mikes2nd]

f'ing impressed.

you 99 base guys better get to know this guy.

[ictponder]

I'd like to see the look on a dealer mechanic's face after pulling the VIN on this car and then start to work on it.

[alexw3000gt]

You = the man.

[shooter83]

Originally Posted by OhioSpyderman

I ALWAYS love reading your posts!!!!!

So much thought, so MUCH work!!

Indeed sir, you have quite the talent for automotive work

Can't wait to see what you do next !

Bob.

Originally Posted by Mits3kGT

fuck that must have took a lot of long nites, hard work, and effort but it looks great! good job!

Originally Posted by Tracey

WoW!! Im impressed.. my car needs to be added to your to do list now. I cant believe how well that car cleaned up, and with the AWD, major major bonus! GREAT JOB Evan.

Originally Posted by AudibleSilence

Most places charge this for an engine swap alone!!!! You are too kind E!

Originally Posted by starbucker42

Wow that is amazing work. I always admire your work and esp. since it is a awd conversion along with swapping a tt motor in. That is amazing!!! Such a clean well done job.

BTW red your a lucky bastard lol. Congrates!!

Originally Posted by ncdirtrider249

theres only one three letter word that i can think of that pertains to this thread.... WOW...sick job dude thats flippin amazing

Originally Posted by DocWalt

Truly fantastic, Evan. Yet another epic thread.

Originally Posted by Lenn

Wow... I love the swap man. Props for it. AWESOME labor pricing BTW.

Originally Posted by Master GT

yeah bump for Evan hes the best on this kind of swaps and conversion..
hes the 3000gt GOD

Originally Posted by jba3

Man, that looks AWESOME! Not even counting the TT and AWD swap it looks great, but that stuff is icing on the cake! I'd love to drop the AWS and some of the other complex semi-pointless stuff that came on the VR4. Converting a base is getting the same result, but coming from the other way. NICE WORK!!

Originally Posted by Phalse

I love seeing picture filled threads like these full of kick ass work like that. It makes me ashamed of my own work to see such quality done.. you kick ass dude.

Originally Posted by mike92stealthtt

All I have to say is WOW.

Originally Posted by Forest Gump

looks great. Taking the time to clean and paint everything makes all the difference.

Originally Posted by lawdogg

Man, judging from all the work you've done, I'd gladly pay you $25/hr to convert my VR-4 to a VR-4!

Originally Posted by KissMeRT

You never cease to amaze, Evan...awesome work ....a very factory/OEM look. But this is only one of the tricks in your bag. Maybe one day we'll be watching your handy work on Speed channel .... "Shooter's 3S Workshop". With your talent... the producers will never run out of material. Good luck with your shop ... and don't sell yourself short...you're worth every dollar. Remember you do things others wouldn't dare do....and kick ass doing it.

Originally Posted by Adollarwodbnice

Sick Evan another notch on the belt man... like everyone else has said... your work is amazing... for 1500 i'd tt/awd my SL for sure.... looking forward to seeing a few more of these!!!

-Robb

Originally Posted by THOR'SVR4

awsome pure awsome

Originally Posted by Rebel

Mad props on the car. Amazing work.

Originally Posted by Hannibalzero

Those pics look fantastic. I don't know what is more impressive: the AWD conversion or the completely immacualte overhall of the engine bay. If you keep the labor costs around $800 for a AWD conversion I have a feeling that you are going to be a very busy man in the upcoming year.

Originally Posted by VR-4ever

Very well done.

Originally Posted by WidowMaker

Very Nice Work Man!
I really like your method of the awd conversion.
Definately a lot of work, but it looks fantastic. Keep it up
-Steve

Originally Posted by GT3OOO

Great job!!!

Originally Posted by alexw3000gt

You = the man.

to the above posters, thank you all for the good words!

[shooter83]

Originally Posted by SmoothGT

shooooter, question....how much? PM me...either here or fl3s ..... i think u do phenomenal work, and i would like that all done one day..bc its fresh lol

Originally Posted by AdamVR4

$25/hr? You're going to need to increase those rates if you want to keep your lights on Killer way to debut your shop. I can definitely believe that the two of you put 90 hours into that -- it shows.

Originally Posted by jstarr427

Damnn I wish I could get this done to my base model..

Originally Posted by Deadlylegacy

...I wish i lived near or around florida.

Originally Posted by shaker69

Holy cow Evan! That is amazing. And for $1500, your very first few clients are lucky coz you need to up it a little bit unless you're just doing this for fun.

Congrats man!

Originally Posted by Carnage VR4

Absolutely STUNNING work. You did an amazing job with all of the work, attention to detail and completion. For the amount of work you've put in, your prices are ridiculous, I agree with others that unless you really enjoy doing this you'd better raise those prices, either that or expect A TON of new business... myself included.

Great job, keep these threads coming, your documenting work is about as good as the project itself.


-Matt

thank you all for the good words


i did this so cheap, because i needed to get started ASAP to save my ass financially. i now run a AWD conversion and TT swap special for $1700 in labor for exsisting DOHC and manual cars. but it does not include the engine bay restoration like red's car did.

with my low labor prices, my point is to enable people to afford shipping their car down to me, and keep myself busy. in time, my prices will raise, but not significantly.


this is kind of a shameless plug, but it can also answer a lot of the above questions in terms of my pricing.

mainly check out the service drop down, and the labor prices under the "info" drop down. FYI, the below forum based site is far from done






Evan

[shooter83]

Originally Posted by guywit94sl

have you weighed any of your

converted bases? how much lighter are they?

not yet, but i'm guessing they are all around 3500, or in low 3600's.

Originally Posted by maTT

Awesome job Evan, as always.

Hey, I spy some PP seats in one of those pics

good eye, we gave the interior a good power washing. i had my GTO RHD seat in for a while, while the panda seats dried. i was the king in the passenger side with the power seat

Originally Posted by DigiiManDan3KGT

Another base BITES THE DUST!

i am commencing a full out WAR on the Z11A chassis! and rid these cars of the FWD diamante rear ends!

Originally Posted by Street_Chally73

Very impressive work!!! You

charged him the same rate as my friend/neighbor did for my

'73 Challenger's body/paint work...Props to doing it for

such a great price! That looks like a lot of work that

really needs to be precise.

thanks! you'd be surprised how after making the notch in the frame, the AWD mounts drop right in place. there is an unused threaded hole for a 17mm bolt in the Z11A rear, this threaded hole is for the AWD rear. and it makes basic alignment cake work. but i always install the AWD rear end in to get some tack welds started to guarantee proper fitment after welding.

this pic shows the hole the Z11A has for the AWD rear mounts.
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Originally Posted by green-lantern

bump



Evan, Do you think it would be possible for me to get a set

of those from you? I'm not in a big hurry or anything but I

hope to get started in a month or two. (if you are even

wanting to sell any)

Good job again!

i did not blue print them, so i will have to wait for another AWD conversion to come in. next time i will make the blue prints to replicate them.

Originally Posted by CHRIS75

Man i don't know how i missed this

thread !!!

Just Great Job man, Great ...

P.S. : I love what you did to the engine bay, I'll hit you

up to do the same for my car when i get money.
Keep it up man you are good.

thanks! let me know.

Originally Posted by ictponder

I'd like to see the look on a

dealer mechanic's face after pulling the VIN on this car and

then start to work on it.

when i had my AWD ES aligned, they called me like 20 mins later to tell me i have a factory freak lol.

[pimp3kgt]

how much did it cost you to do all this from strart to finish

[J-Groove]

Amazing work! I'm sorry I am just now seeing this thread!

Great build and progress pictures, I am very impressed with your AWD conversion.

Beautiful work!

-John

Edit: It is not letting me give you rep for your posts in here. Just know that you deserve it.

[ReD3kgt95r]

Originally Posted by pimp3kgt

how much did it cost you to do all this from strart to finish

Near 10k$ including all the stock and aftermarket parts i bought.