Couple swap-in-progress pics Options

[gtfc115]

got a couple crappy cell phone pics of my car. 3sgte into an ST. the shop just finished most of the IC piping. its gonna have a HKS super sequential. mostly everyting is done except im still waiting on alltrac axels.






sigh.....its been a year

This post has been edited by gtfc115: Aug 19, 2005 - 12:40 PM

[presure2]

looks good man, that intercooler looks huge!
why'd it take so long?

[gtfc115]

cuz i made a few mistakes which i attribute to not doing enough research and rushing into the swap. first i bought a jdm mr2 clip which was good cuz of the tranny and all, but like everyone knows, the alltrac swaps much easier cuz you dont have to look for parts. second, i took it to a guy who had NO idea what he was doing. but now its at a much nicer shop.

...overall ive spent most of the time finding/waiting for parts

This post has been edited by gtfc115: Aug 19, 2005 - 11:44 PM

[lagos]

looking good. how much did you spend on laybor so far?

see if they can put exhaust heat wrap on the IC pipe that goes to the throttle body, cause that one heats up a lot from the valve cover.

[Hanyo]

did you have to use some custom mounts?

[gtfc115]

looking good.  how much did you spend on laybor so far?

see if they can put exhaust heat wrap on the IC pipe that goes to the throttle body, cause that one heats up a lot from the valve cover.
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yeah they're doing that. and so far ive spent over $3k cuz nobody around here has ever done this swap before. they wanted to turn me away but i basically told them i'd pay whatever they wanted. at the time it had already been over 6 months at the first shop and i just wanted it done.

[gtfc115]

did you have to use some custom mounts?
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5th gen gt engine mounts if i remember correctly. and they made some custom tranny mounts or brackets or whatever

[Rjb23]

Don't feel bad I've been waiting for 3 weeks now for freaking mr2 axles that were only going to take 3 days according to autozone. Then paid $60 extra to get them 2nd day shipped from advanced auto and fed ex lost em! AAAArrrrgggg I'm frustrated!