How Much It Cost To K Swap My RX7
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2021
- I put a poll up on our Instagram page and asked what you thought it cost to K Swap my FD RX7 and the price estimates were all over the place. Rightfully so, it's a tough thing to put a value on. There's so many variables that goes into a custom build. Most of the parts on this car were created from scratch, they can't be purchased at a store. Queue the comments telling me I made a mistake K swapping my RX7:
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Shouldve tipped your labour guy $401 for the memes
yo u here, hola
I didn’t know you were a man of culture
I didn’t know you like cars!
Hi
Nice
I'm the original owner of this FD. It makes me happy to see it loved as it should be. I'll look for the original window sticker, and if I find it, I'll send it your way. Thanks so much!
So you're telling me you couldn't find another $401 to add to the final price tag to hit 69420?
'tis a shame, really.
I thought I'm the only one who thinks that
Nice, but not enough
Give it time, it'll come.
You're a genius
Me: that's too much money
*burns out and bounces off the limiter*
Me: Nvm
sounds good too
I had to turn up the volume and re watch that part 😂😂
Already sipping oil though, ouch
If you ever think it's too much money, then you put that money to work by spinning some rubbers....then ask yourself, "was it worth it tho?"
And I assure you the answer will always be yes 😂
You guys have been killing it with your content for the past couple years. You've become my favorite RUclips car channel. VA Bois rep!
100% can agree. I’d see a video or two every now and then very rarely, but these past 2 years I’ve been really into them 👌🏼 they’ve been doing amazing
Honestly would love to run into these guys on the road or a track meet with my rx8 🏎️🏁
Every time I see they posted it feels more like an episode than a video...they're editing and everything they do is like no other channel
no objection at all. especially these last 1-2 years they have been making very engaging episodes
I agree
I don’t even own any project cars but I do love Jdm cars in general
And this channel blows me away
$48,000 in parts
$21,000 in labor
Honestly that says alot at how much you can make/recoup/get discounted when you have a RUclips channel
I thought I was bad at $12k in parts and $4k in labor for a 5.4 lightning swap into my 99 expedition. Still need a tune and cosmetic stuff, expecting to spend another 4-5k. Has all supporting mods and fbo should make 400-410whp/500-520lbft. Fingers crossed..
And it’s not easy
@@jreydelacruz why??? could has just put down payment for 6.4 hemi durango
@@phudoan7983 1. I love my Expedition
2. It's paid off
3. Makes more power
4. It's paid off
5. Cheap insurance
5. It's paid off
@@jreydelacruz#1 was enough
One of the best things about this channel: Ben and Ben actually get their hands dirty and drive their builds. That is huge. So many channels outsource the work and park the cars which defeats the build purpose. Keep up the great work guys!
Those are not car enthusiasts, they are abusing the system
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. You can still be a car guy even if you don’t know how to work on cars. Like what he said, paying someone is better than doing it yourself and messing up and having to rebuy parts.
Ben just said on this FD build he outsourced most of the labor on it..
I honestly don't know why so many people get butthurt when someone buys expert labor to reduce the cost and pain of doing things incorrectly. This whole "Built, not bought" pride thing is super silly.
If everyone could do everything, then there wouldn't be a need for anyone to have jobs to do anything. (Besides, most of those folks just omit the cost of their own labor efforts. Every action costs something. ;) )
Sometimes, it's just better/smarter/easier to just buy the labor or the finished thing you need, and go straight to having fun.
I like that Ben is straight up about this.
@@jd3330 I rather try and fail than not try at all.
The tittle should be "how much it's cost to rebuild a Fd rx7 with K swap"
:So what are your hobbies?
Ben: Well, erm... You wouldn't understand.
"I modify cars."
I throw money in the sea
I "Bbrrrrrrrrrrp..... Brrrrrrrrrrrrp..pkpkpkpk...brrrrrp"
Car guys understand.
No one gonna talk about how dope and bad ass it was to floor it at the end of the calculations?
I thought exactly the same
I just wish the clip was longer loool.
kinda sounds like a rotary too
Wow I wasn't ready for that eargasm at the end
"I paid 16000 for the rolling shell"
God damn FDs are pricey as hell lol
I almost bought one for 6k....I regret not buying it every day
@@robinmiracles272 Same with me but it was an S2K instead. Found one for 6k but bought a Miata for 3k instead. The Miata was cool but looking at the prices now it was the biggest mistake of my life lol
@@skyty0 how are s2k prices in the states right now? In the uk you can get a project for about £6000 ($8496) and a half decent one for about £8000 ($11329). Used to be able to get good ones under £5k a few years ago.
@@kieranmz4614 They're pretty similar here. Average price is around $11-13k for a clean one. Sad times lol
Edit: apparently I'm way off 🙃
@@skyty0 not even close. You can’t find a decent one under 15k now. 25k for an average one, and 30-40k for a low mileage one.
16k for the FD to already come with the k swap and most of the bolt on was a bargain to begin with too I think.
The k swap didnt cost you the most money literally everything else did 😂
and the car it self
I'll would pay to see someone have their crotch kswapped.
@Ida hoe lets say he got the shell for 9k(thats not included) & he went to a jdm engine depot & picked up a $800 motor, another $1200 for a swap kit(mounts etc), & another 1000 for a custom harness, another 900 for the ecu , i dont think he wouldve got charged 11k for labor because its a fresh start(he got charged to chase down problems & fix/figure out whatever the other guy who swapped it did, all in all im guessing with him already having the shell & the parts i named he wouldve paid 12k all together to get it running & driving, no cosmetic things
@@marquisethomas5611 that's very optimistic number. Reality is to get driving and running reliably is minimum $15k and that's with a crappy roller. Solid Good condition fd rollers with full interior including buttons and plastics (those are always missing and/or broken) are running $15k+ easily these days. FDs are shooting up in price and interior pieces are hard to find and very expensive. If you do all the labor yourself with a good clean solid roller, you can do the swap for probably $30k. Remember his roller was not the best...needed body work and a good wrap job is not cheap.
@@marczamo2500 i wasn't including the price of the chassis, i got the 9k number because ben paid 16k with the engine/turbo, trans setup already in it, subtract the engine i think he could've got that shell for 9-10k tops
Great thing about big project car gigs is that you can amortize the cost over time as budget allows. No shame in that. It's a pay as you go adventure.
The hardest part about paying as you go is you're spending all this money on parts you're collecting up for when you do something like a swap and you just want to drive the swap, patience is key but boy is it hard lol!
I hate how money and cost is kept such a mystery in a so many different avenues of life. If I watch a detail vid or track day video, would love to know the cost to see if I would like to get into it. This is so great you guys do videos like this, thank you!
This isn’t the cost to kswap. It’s to kswap a car already with a kswap
On top of that it cost him 60k or something like that. Good job showing how expensive it is to use autozone.
My rotary FC has cost about $20,000 including the price of the car, a full rebuild, and all the extra parts.
I rebuilt it because it’s 33 years old and had never been opened. The rebuild cost was about $3000. Now that Ive rebuilt it with modern tech and I didn’t push it much past 300hp it is very reliable and not particularly expensive.
I never understood why anyone should shy away from / hide from / disguise / ignore discussions about cost. Ben, you don't need to beat around the bush. If people throw out negative replies, they're probably just jealous. Successful people have nice things. It's okay.
everytime i watch gears and gasoline, im very excited to watch the the contents and the video quality they are preparing. Thumbs-up from Philippines 🇵🇭 👌👌
$21,625 in labour. I need a few customers like yourself.
they're out there, unfortunately there are shops also willing to screw them over
Probably one of the best chassis-engine combos ever. I bet it's a blast to drive!
Not skipping ads for continous quality content. Some youtubers keep their earning to themselves but you guys are giving it back to us through your vids. Thanks.
thank you for mentioning what you actually paid for it along with what the MSRP cost would be. Many people don't mention what came out of their pockets like its a top secret thing (i hate it when that happens)
Imagine how much more it would have cost without the custom subframe it came with.
I thought the same
exactly!, I'm confused on why labor was 20k+
the thing that is frustrating about these types of "I swapped it to be more reliable" videos is if you spent 20-30k on a rotary build or hell, even a billet housing build, you'd be just as reliable. it's the lack of maintenance that kills these cars not normal wear.
The frustrating part is most of these types never give a rotary a chance. Never owned one, never maintained one, but keep saying it’s unreliable
Just to be clear, these guys didn't kwap anything. They bought an FD already K swapped then spent $70K making it look nice.
This vid put a big smile on my face, especially the launch at the end. Thanks for sharing your beautiful build details with us!!
Best tuning channel in RUclips. Plus having a video drop every Saturday morning is perfect. Slow Saturday mornings, sipping coffee and watching G&G. What could be better?
I appreciate your transparency a lot.
A cup of coffee and some gears and gasoline. Great way to start the morning! Keep up the good work guys!
Mmmmm coffee
You guys deserve a milion subs at least.. The production quality, next level.. Keep up the good work, love you guys
Your videos are ROCK solid man. Appreciate every second of it. Well done👏
I really like how you don’t say the manufacture of the products you don’t like!
Why? Would be helpful to avoid them
Steve Rambo that’s why I said I like that, it makes sure we are getting the best quality for our money
@@Mr94529452 I mean $1000 kits are usually full of problems no matter who made them, best not to risk slandering that specific company.
@@nottobay6768 fair enough lol
Nah its probably cause his sponsors won't let him. It would be nice to know
I have decently low mileage Z32. I'm dead set on a swap. After watching your K swap series I was almost convinced to do the K swap.
After a lot more research and spreadsheets to do comparison swaps I decided to do a 2JZ swap. Yep. Smoother operation. Huge power potential. Cheaper. Yes it's actually cheaper. I started with a GE engine. Even after all the machine work, swap parts, conversion harness, ECU, turbo, ect... Still cheaper.
The k Swap parts are EXPENSIVE. So much so that the $500 engine price makes little difference between the two.
Still... I really enjoyed your K swap content.
The quality of your content and transparency is the pinnacle of all automotive RUclipsrs. Love your channel. 👍👍👍
Glad I got to see this in person last year at GL midwest. I was in the sc400 next to yall. My k rx8 is almost done. Great videos more people need to see this!!
I was not ready for that massive pull he did at the end 😭
2:06 You bought a car that was already K-swapped ? I've missed the plot.
It was somebodies attempted kswap that was almost there but not really with a lot of issues and stuff done poorly.
Nice forged wheels. I’ve been a Honda guy for 25 years now and I’ve always loved these RX7s so I really like the build.Been watching you guys now ever since you drove to Alaska a couple years ago,greetings from British Columbia 🇨🇦
I've been waiting for this for hours
My girlfriend even hates the fact that I drive a beat up 96 Integra. I would be in the GROUND if I spent this amount of money (although i totally would 😉).
Does your GF run your life bro? Grow a pair already
@@darren2351 it’s not like that but alright lol
@@darren2351 have some respect bruh
Does your girlfriend's husband also hate it?
Thank you for making this video. It's easy to watch these builds and get discouraged with my own projects and their cost. I've absolutely loved everything you guys have put out over the years.
love all the recent videos bois keep doing the good work 👍🏻
wow. thats a lot. definitely worth it though, you've got a pretty damn sorted build. also, goddamn, that sounds so amazing! brilliant build!
FDs look cool af. That’s enough of a reason to spend 46k in my books
Please post every weekend! We need it!
The reason they didn't post last weekend was because they wanted to ensure their regular high quality.
Really impressed how honest your answer was !!!! We all know that you tubers get so me free stuff but most will never tell you how much it saved them !!!!
Great video :D passion doesn't have price ! love the music at the end :D
Considering the boom in price for the JDM market, i would say you’re easily in the positive equity for this car.
Sure a unmolested FD would fetch for a lot more but with how sought after these bad boys are now, i’d say you’re doing just fine
Definitely not, his won't really appreciate because of the swap and he overpaid hugely for the car.
*Original* JDM market fetches a lot. This is a 25k car after the swap.
@@bizzless2308 haven't checked prices lately but good condition v8 swaps and good condition rotary,s go hand and hand. I just sold my V8 swap for 30K a few months ago. His just from its condition paint/body/interior will probably never see more than 25k.
The end is such perfect and what he told from the start really makes sense, project cars are really expensive and im still looking for a job to start earning HAHAHAHAHA
Super dope bro, love to see how far k swaps have come.
You guys have the capacity of touching our hearts, please, don't stop with this type of content
Next you should make a video called "How to K-Swap an RX-7". Step 1: Buy an RX-7 with a K motor swapped into it.
Dam worth every penny IMO! Hobbies are never cheap….. it’s like having a wife! 😂
You have a wife as a hobby???
Yeah but hobbies and beer don't talk back!
My wife is not expensive? 🤔
@@ayske1 maybe your wife isnt a "hobby" lol
Worth every penny, my friend. The styling, power, reliability+rwd... didn't honestly fully appreciate it until now. At first I thought it was just for the memes/views tbh 😆 I'm sure that played into it a bit, but I can't think of any car that fully checks all these boxes besides maybe a turbo brz/86. Everything about this is 👌good job guys 👍
Love your videos! Keep it up guys!
Ben's "i already called the cops" face/mouth gets me every time 😂
Okay, I'm confused about this whole "K swap is light than a Rotary thing" because block for block, doesn't the rotary only weigh about 250lbs while the K24 swap is like 420lbs? I know the 13B with all the accessories and turbos is about 400lbs but then the K series with a turbo and all it's accessories would be significantly more as well, right?
And a 13b can also make way more power. This was a dumb swap.
@@davidreid9973 with how built either one needs to be for seriously big power figures, I'd consider them equivalent
@@tiagobelo4965 not sure what you mean by “built” kseries internals are perfectly fine up to 500whp reliably
@@davidreid9973 Nah they make pretty similar power levels at the very top end of mods with all forged interiors, sleeved cylinders, ported rotors etc.
@@tiagobelo4965 stock 13b's can take 550whp and 500nm of torque stock before blowing
The music and sound is so good on these vids. Keep it up!
I love the car and the edit is so cool, I love the music at the end!
Intro Song? that introduction was a jaw-dropping first impression!
if you find it let me know ! been trying to shazam this with no luck
same! I also want to know the intro song.
MJ cook - lightbeams
@@IDK4970finally got it
@@vallenvegafinally got it
I love watching car videos where they say how much it costs ignoring the labour, finding someone who can do it, and all the failures an engine swap has. Thank you for including the labour
Glad they added that last bit. Modifying cars is expensive but there are ways to have less come out of your own pockets. Love the vids.
Man, this is what being a car guy at its core looks like. Loving your car, building it to the best shape that fits your style and likings, and especially sharing the info with other enthusiasts into the purest and most honest way. RESPECT
It would suck if you went through all the effort of the build and also filming and editing for 3 years and with you upload the video, it only gets 120 views 6 likes and 4 comments. I say this bcs it’s hard to find natural DIY at its best when there’s so much competition out there and it’s not all fair. There’s no telling if something will be successful or not.
@@toysforboysrc Agreed. I know it's not for everyone, and I'm pretty most of us thought about doing it at some point (shooting videos with friends and sharing car culture online) but let's be honest, It's not going to work out the same for everybody, and I guess I'm okay with it, that's life after all.
I hit play so hard I almost fell down my stairs, like, literally fell down
that's a boat load of cash, if I ever do a project car its gonna be on the cheap end for sure
You only have so much time to live tho. I say go full send
Love the content you guys put out love from Fiji Islands
Thanks for sharing the costs. Probably making a lot of people feel better about the cost of their project car. Or making people think twice before starting.
Man that's an eye-watering bill. Holy crap.
No no its not eye-watering bill anymore it makes you bleed everywhere
Well appreciated. Keep up the good work.
Damn epic vids! Love the channel, keep up the good work
"Damn, I can get a used Type-R with that" - Better-buy guy, 2021
With that kind of money you have left overs you can do so much thing with over 30k left
Always be willing to spend money for temporary happiness, you only live once
F1 weekend and an upload from you guys?! The only reason why i dont sleep in on Saturdays 😂
GOOD FOR YOU MY MAN! Enjoy the car xx
as usual, liked before even watching.
is the car still technically front mid engined?
You know it’s gonna be a good day when gears & gasoline post a new video
Worth it! And everything is being done so correctly, which makes everyone happy! So sick...
Ben: "so I spent 16k on the shell"
Me: Welp, I can't do this now
Edit: 69k for a k-swap "Nice"
You can just don't overpay for a shell like he did.
@@maiy8786 No, at 2:05 he says he paid 16k for the rolling shell, so add 5k for interior and 3.5k for the wrap and pop up covers. Bro, that's even worse than I thought. He basically paid 24.5k for a non running project, he could've bought a clean running FD for that price and sold all of the rotary stuff. He just absolutely overpaid. All that matters is that he's happy at the end though.
@@maiy8786 My bad read that wrong. I think if he would've just started with a fresh shell it probably would've cost at least 20-30k less than he spent. Looks like he made that mistake of taking over someone else's project but didn't low ball them for it.
@@maiy8786 definitely, they're called money pits for a reason lol.
@@maiy8786 You see 16k for a rolling shell of RX7 is cheap because its shooting up in price even worse if you have low mileage FC this is FD
*Ben spends a total of $69019*
Me while watching this video: *N I C E*
everyone else: *_why didn't you add another $401?_*
Great insight., And fantastic video as usual
Bro! Living the dream! Will never go out of fashion!
You bought the car k swapped already for 16 grand. Then paid someone to basically go through it and redo the swap + upgrades. Too bad you didn't buy them separately so everyone can get a real # of how much it was.
@@cowmath77 are you ok?
I remember subscribing back when you guys were at 50k miles I've loved all the content so far
Great video bro ! Answered a lot today
Waiting for G&G videos are always worth it, even if it's only simple one like this.
I was just rewatching the first k swap video, perfect timing
:50 I wanna know the only thing all these youtubers don't share is how much the project cost. Any info is good in this space and again it was awesome meeting you at Gridlife and grats on the win!!!
Damn, Love the build, love that vtec, awesome job!!!
Dope editing. Road to 1M!
Needed this. Right on time
Going through the journey and learning as you go is part of the process. Modifying cars is expensive and we have to pay to play. But at the end of the day, I get more enjoyment out of my build than if so was to purchase an more expensive car outright. That's just me.
There’s always that slight pain when seeing a Rx7 without a rotary, it may be better without it, but the rotary is the heart of the Rx7
Gears and gasoline really helps me get up for my early morning Saturday games
Love it man🔥
Excellent video. Thanks!
I appreciated the honesty of this build
Kinda expensive now but in the long term (and i mean like 10 years down the road) reliability, maintenance and repair costs are gonna make this build worth it.
A lot of people in the comments keep talking about power but in all seriousness is it really worth it to have a super beast thats scary to drive and gives you anxiety about one of its parts failing versus a "no worries" daily driver that you could fix in no time and for really cheap.
I personnally love this build and wish i had the time, place and money to do a project like this. Great on them for making it happen!
This is a BEAUTIFUL car! Well done!