to those of you who did your own 3sgte swaps Options

[brianforster]

what were your car experiences when taking on the project..

lets say 1 is you didnt even change your own oil, 5 is being able to change your timing belt and 10 is doctor tweak (<3)

what would you rate yourself? how long did it take? what was the most frustrating part? (besides wiring, because my harness is already complete)

PS. doc if you read this, i still wann have the swap done by you, because of your crudentials, i trust you, and i know everything would be done right.. but my friends have some good points and are really trying to make me do this myself!

thanks all

-brian

[brianforster]

basically what im hearing from my friends is that the hard part is the wiring (but that is done for me!)

and they want me to do the swap that way i know the ins and outs of my car, i learn a lot, and i know how to fix things when they go wrong (plus the saving of money)

i would have to agree 110% with your friends. i didnt know anything when i did my swap. had a basic understanding of things, but never did more then remove my sparkplugs, install an intake and basic minor tune up stuff.
the greatest thing youll gain from a swap, is the amazing understanding and pride you will have from driving a car that you basically built on your own. its such a great feeling when you get to learn how to pull out a motor for the first time, or get to drive it the car you put so much hard work into.

if you have your own garage to work on, and a few buddies that are willing to hang out, then do your own swap. youll really be glad you did. as long as youre hard working, and do a lot of research about it you should have no problems doing the swap. the hardest part that i got stuck on, was when i tired to do all the wiring myself (with manny), without ever reading a wiring diagram before in my life. luckly now we have DG performace (who helped me out), drtweak, chrisD ,etc... that you can just mail your harness out and not have to worry about it.

so far thats what everyones talking about, the wiring, but mark gave me the wiring and ecu straight out of his car, so all i gotta do is run it through the firewall and plug and play.

seems like a no brainer to anyone i ask now.. provided i can get my hands on a garage i think i might undergo this one myself