DYI: 3000GT Oil Pan by Final GTS

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i heard if you fill an entire oil pan w/RTV you get a free keg

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I DO really like the thread title

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Does it have to be any particular type of RTV or just any old RTV will work?

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Question:

If FinalGTS wasn’t fed by a silver spoon how did he start a business in H/S?

I mean was it an actual business or did you just sell porn to your buddies on class like me?

Where would you get the funds to start a business in H/S? I mean I worked in H/S at a few joints and I could hardly afford my 1989 chevy truck, insurance on it and fuel to fill it up with.

Just wondering Good Luck with the engine or lack there of.

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I don’t know about others, but I was taking home 2-250 a wk in HS and that was 15 yrs ago. I heard he bought smashed/wrecked cars and parted them which if you have a market makes killer money

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GLWS

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Shit I was lucky to take home $200 working full time at $7 an hour in H/S

Gross $280 per week minus taxes = shit.

I made more money fixing cars, but it wasn’t a business. I thought you needed a license to buy totaled cars from auction? Did his parents allow him to do this at their home? Did he take out a loan to invest in tools?

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lol, you want him to give you a play by play?

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yea

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Holy fuck… you are retarded

“Fought” “Faught” and “9 fucking years ago…”

serious question, did you ever make it past 6th grade?

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SUCK MY BALLOON KNOT

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i would nominate that for 2nd best response ever.

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I am interested in knowing how a really young dude gets into working on vipers. it would take a hell of a lot for a young guy to even afford one, let alone afford one plus a shop, plus money to R&D performance solutions and advertising and such.

He probably grew up with a lot of connections into exotic cars. Seems to me that would really be the only way to pull off this type of business at such a young age.

A lot of people are probably pretty jealous of where he is in life (working on exotic sports cars and stuff), I am really more just curious.

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That was MY JACKET at the time, ruined by doing stupid shit like working on cars while wearing it. EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHATS UNDER IT?

Lets see.

Am I holding a tool in the picture?
No.

Did I already say that I was there SPECIFICALLY to align the timing belt for them?
YES.

Is that what I am doing in the picture?
YES.

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No, this was not paid… not even gas money :run:

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Yep. Exactly.

Kinda funny how it popped up in ?2007? on this website, in the middle of another argument if I recall correctly.

Shit, you could probably find the thread.

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You are right, the POINT is that I am not apologizing for something I dont remember doing, dont think I would do, and doesnt make sense how it happened, NINE FUCKING YEARS LATER, with an ass-load of “oddities” surrounding the whole thing- not to mention for actual damage to have occured in ANY case- somebody else wasnt paying attention!

Thats the point.

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I have answered the topic of “how I got into this” more times than I can count over the years. You guys really want me to explain it again?

LOL.

  1. I had a fair amount of cash when I was young by doing side jobs; repairing high-end paintball guns, repairing Gas R/C cars, etc.

  2. I bought a wrecked 3000GT VR4, and parted it out. Simple Ebay transaction.

  3. I bought another wrecked VR4’s and parted it out with the profit from the first.

[At the time, a 3K investment was EASILY turned into 15K in parts.]

  1. I bought an unwrecked 3000GT VR4 back in 2001

  2. I parted out more VR4’s

  3. I bought a new Viper in 2002.

  4. Started a small scale business dealing with Vipers in 2002, building on my friends with Vipers as an early customer base.

  5. 3000GT Market crashed in 2003

[I probably caused this one… LMAO. Myself and another guy went toe to toe and flooded the market, then a bunch of Johnny Come Lately’s found out we were making a killing, and overnight there was 20 guys doing the same as us]

  1. Started a full time legit business dealing with Vipers in 2004.

  2. Bought a new Viper SRT-10 in 2004 to learn the SRT-10 market.

  3. Diversified on my Viper market with some other super-exotics which were owned by Viper owners who already knew me.

  4. Went international with parts sales, and started taking on R&D for new components and revisions of current parts.

  5. Started doing Warranty work for Saleen Specialty Vehicles Inc. [Back before they were re-sold]

  6. Currently slipping into a couple other markets, and have begun R&D on Gen-4 Viper drivetrains.

Etc, Etc, Etc… Here we are.

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I’ve been buying and selling and fixing cars throughout my high school career. I’m now a freshman In college and I have $36,000 worth of shit for my little business. It started off with a $200 car, and the only thing I’ve ever used were loans from a bank and a cosigner.

Gotta start somewhere. I currently am “Unemployed” Yet I bring in alot more dough a month than my friends.

Shit, I buy a car and part it out and I make enough money to cover my insurance, gas, and shopping money practically every month + enough money for my next business venture.

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Cool beans! How old were you when you purchased your first viper? I have no idea how old you are. The guy across the street from my new house has a viper. After I beat him in my vette I’ll drop him your number. :slight_smile:

This is also how I paid for my corvette in 2006 when I was 20. :slight_smile: