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Anyone built a cobra kit car?
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<blockquote data-quote="CV355" data-source="post: 16268591" data-attributes="member: 181885"><p>Outsourced labor adds up like crazy, which is where labor ratios come into play for rough orders of magnitude. 50/50 is a good starting point, bias based on the content. Meaning, if you are looking at 10k in materials, you probably have 10k of associated labor. That holds true for larger projects with lots of components/parts. If it's one big, expensive item and a few smaller items, that ratio obviously shifts more towards material than labor (think supercharger install, might be 10k in material and 2.5k in labor). Projects high in skilled craftsmanship bias towards labor quickly. But, for large turnkey projects, 50/50 is a good starting point. </p><p></p><p>You probably know better than anyone that an el-cheapo $400 paint job won't compare to a $15k color-sanded perfectionist paint job. At that point, preference drives the cost. Could some Youtube inbred build a Cobra kit car for $10k? I'm sure it could be done. Find some dust-covered mess of a FF MK4 in an estate auction, a junkyard 5.0 Foxbody, lots of haggling, rattle-can finish. But for people who actually care about the form fit and function, that cost is generally going to be North of $30k. A crate 5.0 SBF vs a Coyote 5.0 vs a 427FE SO is orders of magnitude in difference. Donor transmission for $300 or a built one for $5k? Preference drives it all.</p><p></p><p>People get into trouble because they factor the budget for the big items and forget peripherals. That's what got me into trouble. I blew my engine build budget in 2009 and all I had to show for it was a shortblock, heads, cams, and head gaskets. Oh, you mean the rest can't just get yanked from my donor engine? Cam gears, spacers, valve covers, timing set, oil pan, oil pump, reluctor wheel, man the list went on and on. Project dragged out for 11 months before we finally got it started up.</p><p></p><p>In my line of work, it's the same situation. Customer wants a robot. Robot is $65k. They assume it'll be a done deal for $75k. I give them a proposal for $150k and they can't fathom how the cost got there. Break it down line by line. "You mean cables are $3000???" "Wait, that thing on the end of the robot costs money too?" "Whoa now, YOU need to make profit?" "Well what if I buy that myself so you don't mark it up?" It's all so tiresome. The day I explained to a customer that most robot options are already pre-installed in the controller and you pay to unlock them... gee whiz that was a fun one. A USB dongle costs $6500?!?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CV355, post: 16268591, member: 181885"] Outsourced labor adds up like crazy, which is where labor ratios come into play for rough orders of magnitude. 50/50 is a good starting point, bias based on the content. Meaning, if you are looking at 10k in materials, you probably have 10k of associated labor. That holds true for larger projects with lots of components/parts. If it's one big, expensive item and a few smaller items, that ratio obviously shifts more towards material than labor (think supercharger install, might be 10k in material and 2.5k in labor). Projects high in skilled craftsmanship bias towards labor quickly. But, for large turnkey projects, 50/50 is a good starting point. You probably know better than anyone that an el-cheapo $400 paint job won't compare to a $15k color-sanded perfectionist paint job. At that point, preference drives the cost. Could some Youtube inbred build a Cobra kit car for $10k? I'm sure it could be done. Find some dust-covered mess of a FF MK4 in an estate auction, a junkyard 5.0 Foxbody, lots of haggling, rattle-can finish. But for people who actually care about the form fit and function, that cost is generally going to be North of $30k. A crate 5.0 SBF vs a Coyote 5.0 vs a 427FE SO is orders of magnitude in difference. Donor transmission for $300 or a built one for $5k? Preference drives it all. People get into trouble because they factor the budget for the big items and forget peripherals. That's what got me into trouble. I blew my engine build budget in 2009 and all I had to show for it was a shortblock, heads, cams, and head gaskets. Oh, you mean the rest can't just get yanked from my donor engine? Cam gears, spacers, valve covers, timing set, oil pan, oil pump, reluctor wheel, man the list went on and on. Project dragged out for 11 months before we finally got it started up. In my line of work, it's the same situation. Customer wants a robot. Robot is $65k. They assume it'll be a done deal for $75k. I give them a proposal for $150k and they can't fathom how the cost got there. Break it down line by line. "You mean cables are $3000???" "Wait, that thing on the end of the robot costs money too?" "Whoa now, YOU need to make profit?" "Well what if I buy that myself so you don't mark it up?" It's all so tiresome. The day I explained to a customer that most robot options are already pre-installed in the controller and you pay to unlock them... gee whiz that was a fun one. A USB dongle costs $6500?!? [/QUOTE]
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