Alterkation or K1?

Jim Lusk said

Ok, real world. Like I said before we built my son's Barracuda ON THE CHEAP. We had less TOTAL in the car than the cost of any of the aftermarket systems. That included the cost of the car ($150 delivered). We did have some help with the heads and the 1.14" torsion bars were donated. Otherwise, it was parts we had laying around...We made stuff, bought used stuff, and went and had fun. Oh, and it was also my son's daily driver for several years.

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Exactly. I paid substantially less than that list, I bought my Flaming river box used for $300. I had my adjustable strut rods made. I even bought my Hotchkis shocks second hand, guy installed them and never used them.

But you could do the whole front end today for that price, and it's still cheaper. And if you did some more of the work yourself, like the rebuilding the factory LCA's, you save a ton more. And you could leave off some of that stuff entirely for a primarily street use car. I didn't, but there it is. I think you could still probably beat up on a car with an AlterKation for less than $2,500 if you did some more of your own work and substituted out a couple more things that are over the top for a street car.