The most money spent on a single car part?

In reply to NickD :

Mine are almost the same. $1800 for the Xida GS with the 550/300 combo and the MSPNP3Pro for my MSM at $1300. Oh so worth it. 

When did they start making the Audi turbo V8?  They had sodium cooled exhaust valves and I saw an owner that had somehow managed to bend them all.   I think that his non-warranty repair cost was pretty high as it included 32 valves, half of which were in the hundreds of bucks each.

wspohn said:

When did they start making the Audi turbo V8?  They had sodium cooled exhaust valves and I saw an owner that had somehow managed to bend them all.   I think that his non-warranty repair cost was pretty high as it included 32 valves, half of which were in the hundreds of bucks each.

Should be the same as the valves in a 1.8t, or the 2.7t, or really anything - Audi stuck the sodium valves in pretty much everything.  The shared cylinder head geometries between the fours and fives and sixes and eights and tens means it probably is the same part.

IIRC they were $32 each in the mid 00s.

A set of 5 Method Race Wheels and General Grabber ATX tires for the Tahoe I used to have. $2700 but damn they looked good

$5,968.90 for the DIY 4x4 conversion kit on my ambulance. 
 

Second place is a replacement Subaru engine for a flip that was around $1,200 shipped. 

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

wspohn said:

When did they start making the Audi turbo V8?  They had sodium cooled exhaust valves and I saw an owner that had somehow managed to bend them all.   I think that his non-warranty repair cost was pretty high as it included 32 valves, half of which were in the hundreds of bucks each.

Should be the same as the valves in a 1.8t, or the 2.7t, or really anything - Audi stuck the sodium valves in pretty much everything.  The shared cylinder head geometries between the fours and fives and sixes and eights and tens means it probably is the same part.

 

IIRC they were $32 each in the mid 00s.

Aftermarket TRW sodium filled valves are under $10 a piece. I just replaced 4 intake valves on a 2.0t. 

This still hurts, because I'm not really sure where to start.

The AW11 MR2 community got together 5-6 years ago and begun the process of making what's called "The Hapers Hatch"- it's this neat engine hood cover that follows the rear B-pillar down to the trunk instead of the sudden termination, made to improve the aerodynamics of the AW11 and change the look to being more trapezoidal. I decided to put money down as I was routinely doing work on my AW11 then, to the tune of $700 and it was actively running- except I never got it, not because of anyone in the fandom but because I forgot to send shipping information to one person and just let it slide away. I can't even remember what I was busy with at the time! But somewhere in the UK there's a guy who has mine wrapped in plastic. Every once in awhile I think to reactivate my facebook in the groups to try and see if I can find it.

I think the part itself also matters.

$xxx for cool, new wheels? 

$xxx for a replacement power steering pump–that you replaced just a few years ago? 

I remember a friend bought a crate motor for a few grand after his wife explicitly told him not to. Pretty sure that cost him a divorce. Not saying it wasn't worth it, but It sure wasn't cheap.

ToManyProjects said:

I remember a friend bought a crate motor for a few grand after his wife explicitly told him not to. Pretty sure that cost him a divorce. Not saying it wasn't worth it, but It sure wasn't cheap.

Divorce isn't cheap, but expensive things are usually worth it. 

Tires, for me, like most folks are probably my single biggest average expenditure. Just under $1100 for 5 Pirelli Scorpion ATs for the FJ in Jan of 2020. But since tires are true wear items, I just don't think much about them. 

That said, my factory alloys are starting to show their age and I'm on the fence, do I powder coat them or buy some new wheels? 

In reply to WillG80 :

The intakes are not sodium filled, though.  The exhaust valves are the ones that have to live with 20-50psi of 1500F+ exhaust gases flowing past them when they are open, so they get all the cooling focus.

I bought Inconel valves for my Audi at $50 each about fifteen years ago...

A not-totally-turnkey V8 swap kit for my 944 from Renegade Hybrids. 

I paid $2600 for about $600 in parts.  Oh to be dumb and naive again...