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 Feb 22, 2010 - 5:52 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Feb 21, '10 From Elizabethtown, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hola, I'm new to this board and am excited to say this site has everything I've been looking for in building my 6GC. I'll go ahead and warn everyone that I haven't got much auto knowledge, but I'm a quick learner when it comes to hands on activities, so please have patience if I seem to get a little lost.
Onto the point: I've owned a 97 ST for about a year now and have been wanting to basically just do the works from auto to manual tranny switch, 3S-GTE swap, ect. Problem is I'm not what I should start on first. I've read through a lot of the articles here (fantastic ones I might add) and get so many ideas flowing through my head that I overwhelm myself. My first thought is to buy a manual GT, but doing the swap myself would certainly add to experience for me. Automatic (Ugh  )1.8 (Ugh again) Liftback coupe As of right now I'm a ricer  as the the car came with a cat back exhaust and seemingly cheap cold air intake. The only real modifications I've done are replace the shifter with a custom knob (had to cut and solder the OD cable lol) and a little painting here and there on both the interior and exterior.So in short, what are the main priorities in this build? Thanks for your help. -------------------- HONDA
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Feb 22, 2010 - 6:47 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 2, '07 From Berlin, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 18 (100%) |
welcome
STs aren't usually swapped for 3sgtes because theyre the A engines so they have A mounts where as the 3sgte will fit into the GTs quite well with less work. It can be done but a little bit more work. Or you could go 4age? those drop right into the STs. just an option. 
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Feb 22, 2010 - 10:18 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 21, '10 From Elizabethtown, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (cheela @ Feb 22, 2010 - 6:47 PM)  welcome STs aren't usually swapped for 3sgtes because theyre the A engines so they have A mounts where as the 3sgte will fit into the GTs quite well with less work. It can be done but a little bit more work. Or you could go 4age? those drop right into the STs. just an option. I don't mind doing a little extra work with the 3S-GTE, but I'll explore the 4A-GE option. Thanks man. -------------------- HONDA
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Feb 23, 2010 - 12:32 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 7, '09 From Northern kentucky Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (90%) |
hey welcome good to see someone else on here from kentucky, were actually trying to get a meet together here in the spring, its below my sig, you should check it out
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