You're invited to... The Phoenix Tuning 24-hour Engine Swap EVENT Options

[MonsterBOX]

Well I'm happy to see a good response. The competition idea is pretty cool, I would host that if my shop was bigger.

As far as all you guys who are talking about donating your car, who's really serious? You would still have to pay for the swap, but the labor would only be $500.

I would like to do an ST, but we could always do a GT now and an ST down the road....

i have 5,000 dollars and an st

[Cutrara]

Would it include removal of the 7A in the 24 hours?

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Hmmmm.....Doc, I've talked to you already in planning a swap for this up comming year, so maybe for times sake we could make it a GT vs. GT swapathon. I'm totally in for something like this, I think its a great idea. So consider me a swap candidate in this battle.

We should lay out some ground rules here and make sure we know what is involved in such an undertaking. But totally possible if we get enough hands to show up.

It should read something like....."6GC Presents....The First Annual Swapathon 2006". I think the idea kicks ass. Lets do it.

[playr158]

i would assume the motor drop would count as thats 1/4 of the work needed to be done...

but charging 500$ for free labor is just retarded.....i say the owner of the car must buy all the parts...and labor is free since well if your not paying the contestants then your just pocketing money for doing nothing and thats wrong....

[Jdog1385]

i would assume the motor drop would count as thats 1/4 of the work needed to be done...

but charging 500$ for free labor is just retarded.....i say the owner of the car must buy all the parts...and labor is free since well if your not paying the contestants then your just pocketing money for doing nothing and thats wrong....

things obviously need to be worked out

[blu94gt]

I'd be willing to wield a camera while guys are doing the swap. I don't have a video camera (yet) or if someone would have one to provide that would be awesome too. This sounds like it could be a ton of fun.

[Batman722]

Would it include removal of the 7A in the 24 hours?

I could remove a 7a in about 15 minutes

[dustin15brown]

hey i'm game.... the real trick would be to get celiman there and have him attempt and awd conversion in the 24 hours

[jayi12-15psi]

I'll do it, definately, I'll drive all the way from Missouri. I'll of course pay for all the parts.

[jdg371]

This could be like Junkyard Wars cept only 24HRS to build your vehicle hehe!

Make a documentary and send it to TLC!

[Supersprynt]

Would it include removal of the 7A in the 24 hours?

I could remove a 7a in about 15 minutes

Yeah you did that at Applebees that one time, then we all played soccer with it.

[lagos]

umm whats the point in doing it in 24hrs? id rather take my time and do it right, instead of having something just thrown in there.

and like dustin said, you would really have to make sure you have a full check list of parts and **** ready cause normally its something small that creates the big hold ups.

[MonsterBOX]

do it over a week but cut the video to make it seem like 24hrs

[ILuvMyCelica95]

i'm seriously up for this if it goes down....but it defenitly could be done in under 24hours if you had a decently sized team (say 6 people) that each had knowledge

aka 1-2 people to do wiring

4 people to install, drop, swap

psst Dan you forgot 1 person to stand around and look pretty... confused.

[BBoYRuGGeD]

u know im down doc.

bboy

[Kwanza26]

*kwanza twitches and looks at his two bay shop with two lifts... points and laughs*

*kwanza stops to think... considers wiring nightmare... cries and bows*

This post has been edited by Kwanza26: Dec 15, 2005 - 2:50 AM

[Fate]

blue, i can lend you a video camera because ill edit your footage and make a nice video.

tweak i already talked to you about a swap(into my ST) and i'm as serious as ever.

[blu94gt]

I think this would be awesome. Now we will have the 3sgte rebuilt before the swap correct?

[Jdog1385]

great, now we got 20 people that want to do the swap on their cars...look what you started tweak,

[Dr_Tweak]

great, now we got 20 people that want to do the swap on their cars...look what you started tweak,

No kidding, eh?

Well I think it's cool that there's so much interest. I ran it by my wife today (who's the realist among us), and she actually thought it would be a good idea.

Anyway, I think a lot of you missed the original point. The idea is for Phoenix Tuning to do a swap in 24 hours. I would need someone to bring their car up for the swap, to pay for the parts and labor (yes, $500 of MY LABOR), someone to run a good video camera, and several people to fool around and make it more fun. At least, that was the ORIGINAL idea.

This whole idea of having a competition is pretty cool too though. I would be interested in doing it, but it would take a lot more planning, and we would need a larger shop than mine, I think.

Let's take this one step at a time though. Who has a video camera and knows how to run it?

-Doc