 doin ure own swap, how many of you guys have done ure own? |
 Jan 22, 2008 - 1:48 AM
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I'm sure a good number of u guys have done your own swaps, but curiosity keeps me thinking... did u guys have any previous knowledge or experience in doing the swap? im assuming you guys already knew about how a car runs an what not, just generally what did you know about teh swap, specially 3sgte swap...
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Jan 26, 2008 - 4:55 PM
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Funny how I get to work and this topic is bumped to the top. I was driving to work and I took a turn a bit hard and my battery came off the tray and fell on my distributor, breaking the lead off. The wire is fine, but I was running on 3 cylinders for a while, and it sounded awful. </story>
Well for the time that it was riding rough I started thinking: I want to do a 4A blacktop swap. I'm thinking about pulling a loan out and not only buying the engine/tranny but also a beater car for daily driving (gotta get to work), maybe an aw11 or a 5th gen, I dunno. I found a site online that will sell a blacktop with tranny, ecu, harness, etc. for 900 plus shipping. Question is, is this a decent price for a blacktop and if i pull a 4K loan and get the beater for 1k, will 3K cover the cost of the engine and all the things necessary for the swap? It's not turbo so I assume it's going to be a little less work/money to get everything right. Any opinions? -------------------- "He won't come out of the bathroom. He keeps telling us we're dark somethings and not his friends."
"Hmm. Ask him if he's the dragon reborn." "What?" "Just do it." ".......He said yes." "Tell him you are not darklings. He should open up." ".......Sweet. Thanks." "No problem." |
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Jan 26, 2008 - 5:11 PM
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QUOTE(thespacepanda @ Jan 26, 2008 - 4:55 PM) [snapback]634818[/snapback] Funny how I get to work and this topic is bumped to the top. I was driving to work and I took a turn a bit hard and my battery came off the tray and fell on my distributor, breaking the lead off. The wire is fine, but I was running on 3 cylinders for a while, and it sounded awful. </story> Well for the time that it was riding rough I started thinking: I want to do a 4A blacktop swap. I'm thinking about pulling a loan out and not only buying the engine/tranny but also a beater car for daily driving (gotta get to work), maybe an aw11 or a 5th gen, I dunno. I found a site online that will sell a blacktop with tranny, ecu, harness, etc. for 900 plus shipping. Question is, is this a decent price for a blacktop and if i pull a 4K loan and get the beater for 1k, will 3K cover the cost of the engine and all the things necessary for the swap? It's not turbo so I assume it's going to be a little less work/money to get everything right. Any opinions? Don't take out a loan... this money will be lost no matter how you look at it... save money and do it... for 3k you can do a 4a swap correctly.... also I'd recommend getting a frontendclip... btw, why blacktop? |
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Jan 27, 2008 - 9:27 PM
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QUOTE(Celicam8 @ Jan 26, 2008 - 5:11 PM) [snapback]634824[/snapback] QUOTE(thespacepanda @ Jan 26, 2008 - 4:55 PM) [snapback]634818[/snapback] Funny how I get to work and this topic is bumped to the top. I was driving to work and I took a turn a bit hard and my battery came off the tray and fell on my distributor, breaking the lead off. The wire is fine, but I was running on 3 cylinders for a while, and it sounded awful. </story> Well for the time that it was riding rough I started thinking: I want to do a 4A blacktop swap. I'm thinking about pulling a loan out and not only buying the engine/tranny but also a beater car for daily driving (gotta get to work), maybe an aw11 or a 5th gen, I dunno. I found a site online that will sell a blacktop with tranny, ecu, harness, etc. for 900 plus shipping. Question is, is this a decent price for a blacktop and if i pull a 4K loan and get the beater for 1k, will 3K cover the cost of the engine and all the things necessary for the swap? It's not turbo so I assume it's going to be a little less work/money to get everything right. Any opinions? Don't take out a loan... this money will be lost no matter how you look at it... save money and do it... for 3k you can do a 4a swap correctly.... also I'd recommend getting a frontendclip... btw, why blacktop? x2 As manny and art said its a great acomplishment when you do it yourself. DONT get a loan. saving and waiting makes it all worthwhile, i FINALLY understand what art was talking about when he insists i be patient and take my time. im over halfway to swap #2 and if i had a nearby celica guru to help i would attempt doing it myself, knowing that alot of the guys here (ESPECIALLY finding out manny didnt know much back in the day) has emboldend me --------------------  QUOTE (Galcobar @ Oct 15, 2008 - 2:44 AM)  You want power but have no money. That's a problem. Cheap. Reliable. Fast. Pick two. |
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lx130 doin ure own swap Jan 22, 2008 - 1:48 AM
CelicaGT04 QUOTE(lx130 @ Jan 22, 2008 - 1:48 AM... Jan 22, 2008 - 1:58 AM lx130 thanks!! cuz right now im still in teh sav... Jan 22, 2008 - 10:34 AM
tin_foil QUOTE(lx130 @ Jan 22, 2008 - 10:34 A... Jan 26, 2008 - 3:37 AM lx130 QUOTE(tin_foil @ Jan 26, 2008 - 2:37... Jan 26, 2008 - 3:53 AM bccentaur3 Manny has done swaps but not to his own car. He... Jan 22, 2008 - 11:31 AM Supersprynt I had never done anything this extensive. I did a ... Jan 22, 2008 - 11:49 AM x_itchy_b_x Manny, I feel a cult following coming on. Take adv... Jan 22, 2008 - 11:50 AM 99Celica I'm in the same boat, trying to save up for th... Jan 22, 2008 - 12:55 PM TheMadScientist I've swapped many efi Ford and Chevy engines i... Jan 22, 2008 - 3:11 PM Celicam8 well, if you want to do the 3s swap you better hav... Jan 26, 2008 - 2:49 AM presure2 QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Jan 22, 2008 - 11... Jan 26, 2008 - 10:57 AM Celicam8 QUOTE(presure2 @ Jan 26, 2008 - 10:5... Jan 26, 2008 - 11:20 AM presure2 QUOTE(Celicam8 @ Jan 26, 2008 - 11:2... Jan 26, 2008 - 11:38 AM lagos QUOTEwhen WE took the "vicotry" pic, of ... Jan 26, 2008 - 11:50 AM lx130 man, just thinking about doing a swap after readin... Jan 26, 2008 - 12:11 PM Celicam8 doing your own swap is worth it... just as lagos s... Jan 26, 2008 - 12:18 PM thespacepanda QUOTE(Celicam8 @ Jan 26, 2008 - 10:1... Jan 26, 2008 - 5:32 PM Celicam8 yes, one is heftier... blacktop is like a heavy du... Jan 26, 2008 - 5:41 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE(Celicam8 @ Jan 26, 2008 - 10:4... Jan 27, 2008 - 1:24 PM Celicam8 QUOTE(Kwanza26 @ Jan 27, 2008 - 1:24... Jan 27, 2008 - 6:23 PM thespacepanda The blacktop if I'm not mistaken is actually t... Jan 26, 2008 - 5:56 PM DEATH QUOTE(thespacepanda @ Jan 26, 2008 - 5... Jan 28, 2008 - 10:34 AM hurley97 QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Jan 22, 2008 - 11... Jan 26, 2008 - 9:28 PM thespacepanda Well we may have access to a garage very soon and ... Jan 30, 2008 - 12:22 AM |
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