To swap or not to swap, Got my 3rd gen 3S-GTE |
To swap or not to swap, Got my 3rd gen 3S-GTE |
Jun 2, 2005 - 4:29 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
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 -------------------- |
Jun 3, 2005 - 4:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 25, '04 From Warsaw, Poland Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Swap it, Negative. It is not that hard - friend of mine who is a mechanic (I suppose you are at least clost to being one) has done swap of 2.0 into originally 1.8 Nissan 200SX. Completely different wiring. But step by step (NKOTB echo?) he has done everything and the owner of Nissan is now a happiest man ever. What would life be without challenges?
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