In my experience, time is the biggest factor/cost in building your own car.
If you are married and your spouse is not a dyed in the wool car enthusiast, you are sunk before you start.
Even if not married, and I am not. Having the time to get done what you want to get done takes sacrifice.. Maintenance on my house, is suffering. Cleaning my house is also lagging behind. My girlfriend regularly reminds me that we haven't seen each other for a while...And so on....
Then, there is the money. My first estimate on any project, is my honest best estimate. I then double it. Then, I double it again... I rarely miss by much, either high or low. But the biggest mistake you can make with a project like a race car, is not to set out the time line and costs ahead of time.
I know a lot of guys who just didn't realize it would take years instead of months, and 10's of thousands rather than just a few thousand dollars to finish a car.
If you have to have something you did all on your own, and did entirely your way.... then it will cost you.. in time and money.
Our drag pak car has sucked up more money than I could have ever guessed, and I actually had to sell one of my 1970 RT Challenger convertibles to get over a short cash flow crunch. But it was worth it, because this car has been an incredible adventure.
But if I was going to do something else, I would buy a car already built, and then tweak it to my liking, and save trailer loads of money.
David
The New Hemi Guy
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