To swap or not to swap, Got my 3rd gen 3S-GTE Options

[Negative]

Ok so I now have my Caldina clip sitting at my house and I was so excited at first but now I'm having second thoughts. I can't find anyone in Houston that I think can actually do the job correctly and I don't want to spend 2 weeks in Florida so that Hux racing can do the swap.
I am one of the founders of the Houston Toyota Club which has around 100 members but I worry that we will be able to get the job done or will I end up with my car messed up and driving my POS daily driver - 92 FORD Exploder.
Also I only paid $1500 for my clip because I found it locally and the clip shop had no idea what they had - naturally I jumped the gun without thinking and just bought the clip. Now I have offers to sell the clip for $3000+ and I am really hung on my descision.
If you look at my profile you will see that I have been modding the car with the intention of swapping and I have tried to build th car intelligently towards that end. Hell I even bought the car (traded my '95 for it) specifically to swap. It would be my dream car and I have no doubts I would keep it forever but why am I feeling so jittery about it? is this normal for people who start the swap?
Has anyone on here actually completed a swap from a Caldina? How did the wiring go?
opinions?

This post has been edited by Negative: Jun 2, 2005 - 4:39 PM

[lagos]

1st thing i would recomend doing is to figure out a game plan for the wiring harness. the caldina is a whole new generation of 3sgte swaps that has only been done by a few people. the wiring could be a total nightmare or a piece of cake. always remember that if you really get stuck, you can go to a full stand alone ecu that comes with install instructions.

nex thing i would do, is pour some oil in the motor and do a basic compression test, just to see if you have a good motor to begin with.

if you figure out those two things. get some buddies to come over and start on your swap youself.

right now what you are feeling is the reality of your actions. i know the feeling because there was a day that the trucking company showed up at my garage with a half cut car from japan. i started thinking, omg, ive never done anything like this before. how they hell am i going to get this thing on jack stands, let alone pull that motor out....lol.

2 months later, i had a fully working 3sgte running in my engine bay! as long as you motor is healthy and you have know the wiring is all figued out, then dont be afraid to start working on your own swap with some friends. youll learn so much from it!