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

[Jeremy1210]

NKOTB = New Kids on the Block, they had a song "Step by step", I think.

lol I haven't heard of them in a long time. Yeah they had that song. GOod ol Donnie Wahlberg. Atleast he did a great job in Band of Brothers


anyway, if wiring scares you, why not go standalone?

[Negative]

NKOTB = New Kids on the Block, they had a song "Step by step", I think.

lol I haven't heard of them in a long time. Yeah they had that song. GOod ol Donnie Wahlberg. Atleast he did a great job in Band of Brothers


anyway, if wiring scares you, why not go standalone?
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Too much money - plus I already invested in a SAFC-II and I'm quite pleased with it. I got an offer for $3000 locally for the clip yesterday so it looks like I'm going to chicken out - take the extra cash and buy this ST-185 RC clip I've had my eyes on. It's also only $1500, in beautiful shape and I have a buyer for the body components and my engine:
$3000 - for the clip
$1000 - for my engine with mods
$500 - for the St-185 hood and front airdam.

Now what do you guys think?
I'm thinking to go all out and build a stroked out hybrid - built 2.2 bottem end with 9.5:1 compression pistons and run 12 to 15 PSI with a second Gen 3S-GTE head and TRD Metal Head gasket. And I may buy one of ATS's "CT-27" Turbo to go with it or better if you guys have any suggestions. No huge Turbo lagging Turbos though - I love the way a CT-26 feels I just hate the way they crap out at like 6000 RPM's.
Nothings set in stone but I think this would end up better in the long run.

Opinions?