had a feeling you would bring that up lol tranny rebuild comes very soon after the swap if i cant just get one out of the truck with the engine.

Edit: vance couldnt help but notice u had some wiring diagrams...where did you get yours?

well i just round a new resource for my engine a friends godfathers yard. 250-300 for a 96 5.7 and its a vortec. there is 4-5 of them there might be one a few years newer too. so 250-300 for the engine and what ever parts i rip out of the truck 40-70 for the mounts...and i have 800 bucks...this is j...

i believe it still has the full harness its a small nobody friend of a friends yard so things are cheap....if it doesn't have the harness i can probably still get a hold of one. this is also a newer year (2000) swap so im gonna be bugging vance a lot i think im going to go through with it i just ho...

So an engine with 50k on it will cost me 500 bucks. Mounts right from summit racing cost me 70(trans-dapt brand swap mounts). So whats the deal with the wiring do i need the ecu from the v8 truck? how much of the wiring harness? i have 800 to play with after engine and mounts im left with 230...is ...

yea a civic si is a little speedster i'll admit my cuz had a 94? with the jdm sirg swap thing would do 120 easy :-D

v8 is a little out of my budget i have maybe 800 to play with if that sfeaver-my van has a w code engine and its a 2000 i think the x code engine came in the trucks..maybe its tbi or something...thats what im trying to clear up whats the difference between a vin code x 4.3 and a vin code w 4.3 i hav...

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i beat a cavalier and a sunfire and a wrx hatch (kid didnt know how to shift). also came close to beating a v6 stang but my tranny slipped too much depends on the gears and what tires your running. these vans have some grunt off the line...oh yea also killed both a gen 2 and gen 3 eclipse (same owne...

and if u want to get rid of the compressor you will need a pully delete mine froze so im running without a/c usualy around 19-40 bucks for the pully then u use the same belt

guy at the junk yard says he has a vin code x vortec v6...anyone know if this will work can the intake bolt to it...whats the difference?

i had 184k on mine something happened and i lost oil pressure very bad knock followed.

yea gary i didnt think of that

will a 97 engine work with my 2000 van i think i spun a rod and wanna get my van back on the road and i know a yard that will gimme one cheap

the road hugging hotrod part really cracked me up
my little truck will take the role of back road warrior lol

the spb has about 10 in of lift and it never flopped.im also going wider as i go tall...and no offense to you guys at all but im young this is the time to do the crazy mods...and as my sig says this isnt my only vehicle when i get tired of climbing up i'll crawl down for a week...or two lol im gonn...