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Old 06-01-2009, 12:41 PM   #16
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going to a 4.3 vortec. got a good deal on the engine. so im going to go that rout






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Old 06-01-2009, 02:01 PM   #17
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a good friend i have was a SR20 freak, when he sold his 240 he found an FD with a blown motor & decided he was going to do a SR20DET swap. he worked at a local performance shop & went on with swap using leftover upgrades. i hated the car & still do
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Old 06-02-2009, 06:24 AM   #18
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going to a 4.3 vortec. got a good deal on the engine. so im going to go that rout
i've also considered that swap, figured I might do that if i hang on to the GTU and the engine decides to die...
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Old 06-02-2009, 10:14 PM   #19
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the good thang is that its not to bad on the pocket. the bad finding a t5 trans. u can put some good power to the ground . im looking around 300hp all moter.
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why not just swap a 13bt into a miata. that be awesome! Im pretty sure its been done.
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a good friend i have was a SR20 freak, when he sold his 240 he found an FD with a blown motor & decided he was going to do a SR20DET swap. he worked at a local performance shop & went on with swap using leftover upgrades. i hated the car & still do
Was this car white with Volk TE37 wheels on it?

And yeah, a 13b-REW with a single snail conversion, and motec standalone was recently done, very proper swap, and it was fast, too bad I cant find the build thread anymore, I think it was on ziptied...
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