Price reasonable for swap?-> my car issue.
my bum is on the swedish!
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if its a shop doing the work, expect to pay a little extra. they have overhead to pay for....
just as a comparison, I stopped by a few shops here and asked them about pricing on swaps. for a b18b, they wanted about $3500-$4000 including labor and parts. h22 was in the $5000 range.
just as a comparison, I stopped by a few shops here and asked them about pricing on swaps. for a b18b, they wanted about $3500-$4000 including labor and parts. h22 was in the $5000 range.
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i talked to him about a b18c1, besides the fact i have to buy it and pay shipping so that's alread 4$, it;ll take abother 2.5k to build it/swap, and i'll just have a bad ass n/a b18c1 that can't go faster then a lude.
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heh i realize that, that's not the factor in my question =). I'm not going to have a racing suspension but i am buying tein basics, which will be good for DD, and auto-X once a month. Driver skills are good =), will refine at a track though.
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The only way to learn is to jump in and do it. Get dirty, call junk yards, yes you're gonna pay prolly $1000-1500 for a used GSR out of a junk yard but then you don't have to ship it. Internals can be expensive but shop around. Join a car club, find someone that enjoys building motors, they generally do it for cheap if not free. Then the rest of the swap info is cake really...turbo kits can be expensive, but part one together. Working on your own car can save you headaches, money and downtime. Check out www.hmotorsonline.com www.RYWIRE.com www.homemadeturbo.com and just search for all possible outcomes before you go spending all that money. You'll thank yourself for it later.
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mm that's a good idea, i doubt there's a gsr motor that cheap. I'll see what/who i can find though. Heh i never thought of it that way for sum reason. But I can't just leave a gsr motor with someone i don't know who i just picked up from a car forum..
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I've got a brand new Golden Eagle Sleeved b18a block with Wiseco ceramic coated pistons and IBspec rods completely assembled with type-r oil pump gsr water pump ect. from Import Builders out of CA. It's for sale for 1500 bux, it will handle all the boost u wanna throw at it.(block easily has 2500 invested in it) It's sitting in my garage waiting for a buyer.
Pix of this beasly block are shown in the classified thread here:
https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=260388