best swap for a beginner
05-24-2006, 02:03 PM
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Re: best swap for a beginner
Originally Posted by 89shithatch
----, i dont no what to do, turbo or swap. I know this is hmt, but i gotta think realisticilly.
05-24-2006, 02:09 PM
#33
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Re: best swap for a beginner
well I turboed my D series and had fun and learned a lot but wanted more so i swapped to an LS and am finishing up a new turbo kit for it...maybe you just want to progress like that get your feet wet before you jump in...but honestly i wish i swapped to B first, but either one can cost about the same turbo or swap
But in all honesty go witht he ls you will be impressed
05-24-2006, 02:48 PM
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Re: best swap for a beginner
If you are going to bother with a swap, do the LS, you can find complete swaps cheap, looking in the right place. 90-91 integra get everything from it, it will all bolt right in....You gotta find a good deal from a private seller, any engine place will try to charge you full price.
I got my JDM b16a complete, engine, tranny ECU, wiring, axles, shift linkage, and anything else I wanted out of the car for $900, after selling the tranny for $600 everything else was only $300 for me.
Same swap from an engine importer would have been easy $2500.
You can find an LS swap for less than 1000. I don't know where you live, but around here it's not that hard. I can get a free ls head and tranny today if I wanted. Of course you gotta know people that will help you out and call when something like this pops up.
I got my JDM b16a complete, engine, tranny ECU, wiring, axles, shift linkage, and anything else I wanted out of the car for $900, after selling the tranny for $600 everything else was only $300 for me.
Same swap from an engine importer would have been easy $2500.
You can find an LS swap for less than 1000. I don't know where you live, but around here it's not that hard. I can get a free ls head and tranny today if I wanted. Of course you gotta know people that will help you out and call when something like this pops up.
05-24-2006, 03:07 PM
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Re: best swap for a beginner
i think i may just go zc dohc, simply for price reasons and simplicity. I have gained a lot of information last night and they seem like an easy swap, not to mention 130hp in a hatch. i got bout 600.00 i can spend, so if anyone knows anyone who has a good motor in the midwest let me kno. I need to get the ball rollin on this ----.
05-24-2006, 03:12 PM
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Re: best swap for a beginner
I guess the simplicity of a ZC and a complete B swap is really about the same. Do some more research on b swaps, ls swaps, and stuff like that. Honestly it's about the same. And you can find a complete ls swap for $600......
The ZC is a great engine, but the LS is even better. Don't be afraid, doing the swap is the same work, no wiring needed(well minor changes but the same with both), It's really the same.
The ZC is a great engine, but the LS is even better. Don't be afraid, doing the swap is the same work, no wiring needed(well minor changes but the same with both), It's really the same.
05-24-2006, 03:20 PM
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Re: best swap for a beginner
Originally Posted by davcivic
90-91 integra get everything from it, it will all bolt right in....You gotta find a good deal from a private seller, any engine place will try to charge you full price.
05-24-2006, 10:44 PM
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Re: best swap for a beginner
ls motors arent that much betterthey only have 10 more horsepower than zc on paper and a zc bolts in no mount bullshit shift linkage crap and converting from obd0-1 the zc is a straight forward bolt in affair could easyly do the swap in 4-6 hours.
