for those of you who to swapped, how did you go about it.
motor swap
kit
junk yard motor and swapped parts over
trade car
and approximate cost if you dont mind. im just trying to find the best way to go about it. mechanics is not a problem here.
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for those of you who to swapped, how did you go about it.
motor swap
kit
junk yard motor and swapped parts over
trade car
and approximate cost if you dont mind. im just trying to find the best way to go about it. mechanics is not a problem here.
meh on that advice, gtps have higher insurance if that matters, but theyre factory supercharged.
top swaps have theyre own problem
easiest thing to do is to do a full motor and trans swap with the PCM and wiring harness to complement it.
any of the other combinations you NEED to get your car tuned.
I figured out what I needed and bought what I needed piece by piece.
Motor swap isn't a top swap. neither is trading your car.
Cost depends on what you want to do.
New balancer or used balancer. They're starting to age and fail.
Reman heads or used heads. You can get screwed here or be wasting money.
Gen III vs Gen V blower.
Stock TB vs N* setup.
Headers vs Stock manifolds.
Cheap and slower or pricey and faster.
You can easily be at or above the cost of a used/new turbo kit by the time you're said and done.
Why?
There are no benefits to it, only downsides.
Tops swaps have to be done right or not at all.
To be frank, it very well might be easier to change the heads versus the motor and transmission.
But then finding a tuner might be difficult.
I'm gonna have to disagree and say it's easier to swap a motor and trans vs ripping your motor down and putting it all back together.
And OP...if you're really going for power, a turbo will outperform an M90 all day long.
I bought a motor that spun a bearing for $200. Took it apart and sent the heads to the machine shop, ended up being cracked. Got another set, still waiting to hear. Ported the SC myself, and all the other parts besides wiring harness are in the garage since I have the other motor. I wouldn't rush into it, just gather the parts slowly
Purchased a modded LIM and a Blower, and injectors. Tuned the PCM and put it on.... Still on the stock GT heads.
its called the SSM90 kit.
And its grossly overpriced.
http://zzperformance.com/grand_prix/articles1.php?id=69
Skip it and get a Z3 kit, 1.9's and a TEP trans.
Its very disheartening that you focus on that rather than anything else I posted.
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