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Originally Posted by YoungstownMR2
Hi everyone. I just read through this post, and it made me want to and not want to do a swap at the same time.
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Good. At the very least you know what you're up against now!
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Originally Posted by YoungstownMR2
I have a 1991 NA. I would love to do it myself, but im no car mechanic. I think I would be able to get it all together, as long as I didn't run into any problems, which it seems people tend to hit alot.
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I think it depends on what you're looking for. I'm not a professional mechanic either, but I like getting in my garage and wrenching on something every once in a while. I also like driving; go figure. So for me, if the swap ends up taking a couple of years (which it did) that doesn't matter because my MR2 is not something I use for transportation. It's strictly recreational. It serves its purpose when in the garage or out!
By the way, had I known what I know now, I could have easily completed the swap in two weeks. But that's only assuming I had the cash to buy everything I needed up front, which brings me to your next question.
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Originally Posted by YoungstownMR2
Anyway I was just wondering Basement Digital, if you dont mind me asking, what was your overall cost of doing this swap?
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I will tell you that I spent around $1600 for my '93 JDM 3SGTE w/ LSD tranny. That's a smokin' deal and it took me about a year to find. But time was on my side. I couldn't afford to purchase everything that I assumed I needed at once (I did waste a few dollars on things I *thought* I needed - for example, the intercooler fan controller). By the time I picked my motor up I had already purchased an intercooler, clutch, timing belt, etc. In my free time I may put together a spreadsheet to help people with the budget portion of this, but regardless this is the cheapest method of producing 220 bolt-on horsepower for our vehicles.