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> am i capable of doing the 3s swap?, and in my garage???
post Jan 29, 2007 - 11:30 PM
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well ive been thinking a lot about what i wanna do and i came to the conclusion of wanting a 3s swap. its bad enough tho that i live in cali, but im also only gonna b 18 in a month and i dont have much knowledge with cars. i will have my dads help and some from my friends....wut do u guys think? am i capable?
 
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post Feb 3, 2007 - 10:30 PM
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QUOTE(urbandork @ Feb 3, 2007 - 10:20 PM) [snapback]523747[/snapback]

chanh did his mostly by himself and i think he didnt even change his own oil lol. luckly he had the time money and support.



chan had someone helping him that had done the swap before, i think .

basic idea is, if your hardworking, have some money saved up, and have a few friends to give you a hand, you can do the swap. you just have to be willing to bust your ass, because its a fair bit of work and everything will take you twice as long when its your first time doing it.


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post Feb 4, 2007 - 11:25 AM
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QUOTE(lagos @ Feb 3, 2007 - 10:30 PM) [snapback]523752[/snapback]

QUOTE(urbandork @ Feb 3, 2007 - 10:20 PM) [snapback]523747[/snapback]

chanh did his mostly by himself and i think he didnt even change his own oil lol. luckly he had the time money and support.



chan had someone helping him that had done the swap before, i think .

basic idea is, if your hardworking, have some money saved up, and have a few friends to give you a hand, you can do the swap. you just have to be willing to bust your ass, because its a fair bit of work and everything will take you twice as long when its your first time doing it.



I did the ENTIRE thing by myself in my driveway. Only thing that someone helped me on was actually lowering the engine in. Other than that i got it in and running by myself. The reason it took me twice as long was because after it was all in i had to go back and redo half of my work laugh.gif tongue.gif laugh.gif

Its do-able, and I couldn't be happier with how much ive learned so far
post Feb 4, 2007 - 4:19 PM
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ALSO, take LOTS of NOTES and PICTURES, if you have problems we can help, but we would need your help to help you, thats where Notes and Pictures come into play wink.gif , And make sure you have plenty of time, you don't want to rush this, make plans with friends/family so you'll be able to get around to pick up stuff you need(food, soap, that last spark plug...)and then make back-up plans for that, and then back-up plans for back-up plans etc...

Swaps are all about planning, research, and execution, since you were smart enough to ask, I think your smart enough to do!
post Feb 5, 2007 - 3:23 PM
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QUOTE(JesterDC @ Feb 4, 2007 - 4:19 PM) [snapback]523916[/snapback]

ALSO, take LOTS of NOTES and PICTURES, if you have problems we can help, but we would need your help to help you, thats where Notes and Pictures come into play wink.gif , And make sure you have plenty of time, you don't want to rush this, make plans with friends/family so you'll be able to get around to pick up stuff you need(food, soap, that last spark plug...)and then make back-up plans for that, and then back-up plans for back-up plans etc...

Swaps are all about planning, research, and execution, since you were smart enough to ask, I think your smart enough to do!


right on!!!! smile.gif

Posts in this topic
- hashmaster52   am i capable of doing the 3s swap?   Jan 29, 2007 - 11:30 PM
- - CelicaGT04   NO OFFENSE, but i think if you have to ask this qu...   Jan 29, 2007 - 11:43 PM
|- - hashmaster52   QUOTE(CelicaGT04 @ Jan 29, 2007 - 11...   Jan 30, 2007 - 12:17 AM
- - CelicaGT04   Yeh make sure you have an ample amount of money. Y...   Jan 30, 2007 - 1:29 AM
- - eggman40   QUOTE(hashmaster52 @ Jan 29, 2007 - 8...   Jan 30, 2007 - 2:44 AM
- - Dr_Tweak   Yeah pretty much anyone who has some knowledge of ...   Jan 30, 2007 - 8:53 AM
- - jcbass7   I just kinda jumped into it without much research ...   Jan 30, 2007 - 9:45 AM
- - hashmaster52   lol. thx everyone...im sure im gonna go for it. im...   Jan 30, 2007 - 10:34 PM
|- - jcbass7   QUOTE(hashmaster52 @ Jan 30, 2007 - 10...   Feb 3, 2007 - 6:25 PM
- - urbandork   chanh did his mostly by himself and i think he did...   Feb 3, 2007 - 10:20 PM
- - lagos   QUOTE(urbandork @ Feb 3, 2007 - 10:2...   Feb 3, 2007 - 10:30 PM
|- - jcbass7   QUOTE(lagos @ Feb 3, 2007 - 10:30 PM...   Feb 4, 2007 - 11:25 AM
|- - JesterDC   ALSO, take LOTS of NOTES and PICTURES, if you hav...   Feb 4, 2007 - 4:19 PM
|- - hashmaster52   QUOTE(JesterDC @ Feb 4, 2007 - 4:19 ...   Feb 5, 2007 - 3:23 PM
- - soulshadow   QUOTE(hashmaster52 @ Jan 29, 2007 - 11...   Feb 5, 2007 - 4:02 PM
- - playr158   QUOTE(soulshadow @ Feb 5, 2007 - 4:0...   Feb 5, 2007 - 4:21 PM
|- - JesterDC   QUOTE(playr158 @ Feb 5, 2007 - 5:21 ...   Feb 5, 2007 - 7:27 PM
|- - Kwanza26   QUOTE(playr158 @ Feb 5, 2007 - 9:21 ...   Feb 5, 2007 - 8:33 PM
- - playr158   QUOTE(Kwanza26 @ Feb 5, 2007 - 8:33 ...   Feb 6, 2007 - 12:58 AM
- - 6G94celica   yea im doing mine right now and im about average k...   Feb 6, 2007 - 9:22 PM


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