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post Jun 2, 2005 - 4:29 PM
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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?

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post Jun 3, 2005 - 10:06 AM
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here is an option

mechanically its not too hard to get the engine into your car so you should be able to handle that

i take what you are worried about is wiring?

if so try and contact DGperformance via PM
he does wiring and might be able to do your harness for you that way all you need to do is physically switch motors and then reinsert the harness...hopefully he can do it for you

Posts in this topic
- Negative   To swap or not to swap   Jun 2, 2005 - 4:29 PM
- - lagos   1st thing i would recomend doing is to figure out ...   Jun 2, 2005 - 4:49 PM
- - Negative   Yeah - I figure it's just pre-swap jitters but...   Jun 2, 2005 - 4:56 PM
- - lagos   i know how u feel. before my swap, i had like 10pe...   Jun 2, 2005 - 5:07 PM
- - Digndoug   Id say if your really in love with your car, and s...   Jun 2, 2005 - 5:25 PM
- - Punch   there is a shop that can do it, ATS RACING 2120 Ja...   Jun 2, 2005 - 10:36 PM
|- - Negative   QUOTE(Punch @ Jun 3, 2005 - 3:36 AM)there is ...   Jun 3, 2005 - 9:58 AM
- - playr158   here is an option mechanically its not too hard t...   Jun 3, 2005 - 10:06 AM
|- - Negative   QUOTE(playr158 @ Jun 3, 2005 - 3:06 PM)here i...   Jun 3, 2005 - 10:35 AM
- - Negative   Hey Playr - just checking out your profile - how d...   Jun 3, 2005 - 10:39 AM
- - playr158   remove headliner clean it up a lil go down to adv...   Jun 3, 2005 - 10:41 AM
|- - Negative   QUOTE(playr158 @ Jun 3, 2005 - 3:41 PM)remove...   Jun 3, 2005 - 11:12 AM
- - lagos   do you own swap! having a swaped car is not th...   Jun 3, 2005 - 1:26 PM
- - Negative   Yeah - I feel the same way. It's just that eve...   Jun 3, 2005 - 2:10 PM
- - playr158   well there is   Jun 3, 2005 - 2:12 PM
- - playr158   here is all the wiring diagrams http://www.6gc.ne...   Jun 3, 2005 - 2:13 PM
- - Negative   Playr - your help has been invaluable. Many many t...   Jun 3, 2005 - 3:15 PM
- - lagos   ummm no offence to player... but that info will no...   Jun 3, 2005 - 4:15 PM
- - TomPoz   Swap it, Negative. It is not that hard - friend of...   Jun 3, 2005 - 4:28 PM
|- - Negative   QUOTE(TomPoz @ Jun 3, 2005 - 9:28 PM)(NKOTB e...   Jun 3, 2005 - 4:39 PM
|- - TomPoz   QUOTE(Negative @ Jun 3, 2005 - 4:39 PM)QUOTE(...   Jun 5, 2005 - 4:12 PM
- - BLADDER_MASTER   You might want to take a look at this. http://www...   Jun 3, 2005 - 4:42 PM
- - Jeremy1210   QUOTENKOTB = New Kids on the Block, they had a son...   Jun 6, 2005 - 8:43 AM
|- - Negative   QUOTE(Jeremy1210 @ Jun 6, 2005 - 1:43 PM)QUOT...   Jun 6, 2005 - 3:49 PM
- - Negative   Oh yeah - plus I get to keep the hood and intercoo...   Jun 6, 2005 - 3:50 PM
- - Negative   No opinions?   Jun 7, 2005 - 2:50 PM
- - celicaracer18   well i ssay swap the 4th gen in but thats me, i th...   Jun 8, 2005 - 1:28 AM


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