Finally Finished My SWAP!!!

Originally posted by SphynX
Hey, how much did it cost for someone to drop it in for you, and how long did it take. Hope you dont mind me asking either. Im getting a swap and need to know roughly how much its gonna cost.

Thanks
Steve

Well, The actual installation of the MOTOR was real easy, only 3 hours to take out the old motor and put in the new one (with the axles, alternator, and all that other stuff).

The problem i ran into was that since i am using a JDM motor, there are connectors on parts of the motor that were in the wrong place - so this swap was not plug and play.

"steve" at HMO said that i should just take my stock harness and plug it into the new motor and run a knock sensor and extend my O2 sensor, but that was not the case.

The shop that did my swap showed me that there was no way to get my stock harness to plug in, and instead of doing the ghetto thing by running wires throughout the engine compartment, they rewired my wiring harness to fit the new motor : that was deffinately the most unexpected and expensive part of the swap.

If you are going to do a swap, do not go with a JDM motor, use a USDM one because it WILL be a plug and play swap.