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[NaderG]

I guess i will do it , but i am going to have to wait a long time untill i am able to ... about 1 more year , maybe more .... i need to convince my dad , buy a beater car to use while i work on my car and of course ask alot of questions to get everything figured out.

[chacha]

funny how you and I are going through the same thing...im planning to buy the Full St205 clip from: ST205 Full Front Clip

Still saving up, so i can get the clip, but i know i need to buy parts too to make it work...i need to acid bath that engine, I want to do some small cosmetic work (paint) on the engine, and slowly buy all the rods, crank, bearing, seals, gaskets, etc...on it to start out at zero miles on the engine... estimate...over 6K....still have to wait a year or more...but im waiting until i get out of school first...

This post has been edited by chacha: Sep 11, 2007 - 3:58 PM

[NaderG]

funny how you and I are going through the same thing...im planning to buy the Full St205 clip from: ST205 Full Front Clip

Still saving up, so i can get the clip, but i know i need to buy parts too to make it work...i need to acid bath that engine, I want to do some small cosmetic work (paint) on the engine, and slowly buy all the rods, crank, bearing, seals, gaskets, etc...on it to start out at zero miles on the engine... estimate...over 6K....still have to wait a year or more...but im waiting until i get out of school first...

Dont forget all the tools you will have to buy and if u dont have a second car u will have to buy one or rent or something ...

[jcbass7]

if you are just doing straight engine swap you might not need a beater car. yes its nice if you don't know what you are doing, but honestly if i did another swap (minus wiring) i could do it in a weekend if al the parts were there etc. find out who is in your area that has done this and get to know them

[NaderG]

if you are just doing straight engine swap you might not need a beater car. yes its nice if you don't know what you are doing, but honestly if i did another swap (minus wiring) i could do it in a weekend if al the parts were there etc. find out who is in your area that has done this and get to know them

so-far i dont know anybody in So-cal that has a 3s , i will probably need a beater because harness will take like 2 weeks to get done .... and it really depends on how much free time i can devote to the swap

[MaskedMan]

if you are just doing straight engine swap you might not need a beater car. yes its nice if you don't know what you are doing, but honestly if i did another swap (minus wiring) i could do it in a weekend if al the parts were there etc. find out who is in your area that has done this and get to know them

so-far i dont know anybody in So-cal that has a 3s , i will probably need a beater because harness will take like 2 weeks to get done .... and it really depends on how much free time i can devote to the swap

if you went to the SoCal meet, then you might know some people in SoCal with a 3S in there car . I know urbandork has one.



This post has been edited by MaskedMan: Sep 11, 2007 - 11:04 PM

[NaderG]

if you are just doing straight engine swap you might not need a beater car. yes its nice if you don't know what you are doing, but honestly if i did another swap (minus wiring) i could do it in a weekend if al the parts were there etc. find out who is in your area that has done this and get to know them

so-far i dont know anybody in So-cal that has a 3s , i will probably need a beater because harness will take like 2 weeks to get done .... and it really depends on how much free time i can devote to the swap

if you went to the SoCal meet, then you might know some people in SoCal with a 3S in there car . I know urbandork has one.

i couldnt , i really wanted to but i had class ..... i got to college full time , for ex: this semester i am taking a load of 18 units , and not any 18 units , i am taking chemistry , biology , physics and English ... high level classes too ... i also work about 20 hrs a week , right now i am barely keeping up with my schedule ..... lol .. if we make a second meet , lets make sure its on a Sunday or soemthing ... because i am in class all the other days of the week ...

[chacha]

know your role, school is first priority or else you will fall behind...and gesesh, 18 units...your a bio major huh...if not somewhere along the line of bio and those courses don't get easy, especially with some of the crappy professor we get at UCR...but whenever you get a chance pm those so-cal people...eggman , chanh, urbandork...etc...

This post has been edited by chacha: Sep 12, 2007 - 9:54 PM

[NaderG]

know your roll, school is first priority or else you will fall behind...and gesesh, 18 units...your a bio major huh...if not somewhere along the line of bio and those courses don't get easy, especially with some of the crappy professor we get at UCR...but whenever you get a chance pm those so-cal people...eggman , chanh, urbandork...etc...

cool, i am a long way form actually doing the swap ... i still have to save the 5-6k needed for it ....that should take me a year or so .... i just want to get everything figured out way ahead of time so that i can do it as fast as i can

[lubu]

cool, i am a long way form actually doing the swap ... i still have to save the 5-6k needed for it ....that should take me a year or so .... i just want to get everything figured out way ahead of time so that i can do it as fast as i can

the swap itself is not hard at all ..but the re-wiring will give you a BIG headache! thats if you get the st185

[NaderG]

cool, i am a long way form actually doing the swap ... i still have to save the 5-6k needed for it ....that should take me a year or so .... i just want to get everything figured out way ahead of time so that i can do it as fast as i can

the swap itself is not hard at all ..but the re-wiring will give you a BIG headache! thats if you get the st185

i will defintly get a st205 clip , and the wirring will be done by a pro .... i will try and ask them to mark the wires for me to amke it easier .....

I have A question : Does the transmission have like a separate ECU ? reason why i ask this is because i have an AUTO which will turn into manual during the swap and i want to know if i need to buy like a manual ECU ..... but i am not sure....

[jcbass7]

The ECU that will come with your engine will be fine, IIRC(?) there are no automatic 3s in either the st185 or the st205.

[NaderG]

The ECU that will come with your engine will be fine, IIRC(?) there are no automatic 3s in either the st185 or the st205.

i am not sure what u mean with the second part of the sentence , but all i can say is that i have an auto tranny now and i will buy a S54 tranny when i swap .... hope that explained

[jcbass7]

ok, what i mean is if you are using a s54 and you get a 3s clip or engine set etc you will be fine as long as you get the ecu for that engine.

[jcbass7]

ok, what i mean is if you are using a s54 and you get a 3s clip or engine set etc you will be fine as long as you get the ecu for that engine.