My 3sgte swap thread, The diary begins TODAY! Options

[brianforster]

Purchased intercooler piping, intercooler, clamps, etc. from a number of different sources (bends, clamps, couplers from roadraceengineering.com, straight pipe from atpturbo, and intercooler from johnnyracecar.)

total 509$ still awaiting shipment calculations from roadraceengineering. (playr, im not sure where your calculations came from you bum, because it was definitly more expensive then that damn ebay kit, but well do it your way )

just put in a phone call to an exhaust shop for a 3" custom exhaust from the downpipe back. said the muffler alone is like 100$ (i said give me the least flashy thing possible, i basically just want pipe sticking out the back no canister) hes gonna call back with a quote tomorrow.

i do not have emissions, but in order to pass state inspection i have to have a cat, so i had them give me the quote including that. waiting on a call back for that.


car is enroute (see general thread) but needs a new front bumper and windshield, i still have yet to see pics of it, so hopefully chucky (bojangles_8686) will give us all some good pics when he gets out of class at 8:45.

this will be the thread where i post updates on it, were looking to complete the entire swap in about a week, or a little longer, it will be sped up by the fact that the wiring is complete and the engine was pulled from a 6gc with the swap already finished.

-Brian

Edit: As far as budget goes, I still have about 1200$ left to hopefully finish the following
boost gauge
exhaust
front bumper
windshield
inspection, tags, title.
misc things needed during swap (like unbelievaburgers.. oh yeah, oil too )

This post has been edited by brianforster: Mar 7, 2006 - 6:59 PM

[brianforster]

nothing i can do really, its my fault for buying the car without so much as seeing a picture and trusting the guy i was talking to on the phone.

for any wondering this is NOT easternpiros fault, he was a big help and is even offering to go confront the seller about it.

now it appears i start to source:
rear break conversion
power window conversion
possible airbag parts
headlights
front bumper.

as cheap as possible.

also parts needed to put the 3sgte into an st, ive still got research to do as far as thats concerned.

This post has been edited by brianforster: Mar 7, 2006 - 9:55 PM