Getting a beams Options

[mi645]

Getting a beams who wants to help me instal it into my car? Any ideas anyone have experience!? I live in socal

[richee3]

I heard about you driving in dustin and steffs swap..haha trust me, going from that, back down to 170ishwhp of either the beams, or the v6 for that matter would be a dissapointment for anybody. lol

Me in Steff's car: "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Totally wasted my money...." Got back in the BEAMS for the 1,100 mile drive back home, totally disappointed the entire way. True story

Well regardless didn't matter I already decided to get a beams lol I wasn't planning for a v6 I want the beams if I wanted power I'd just put a 3sgte instead of both but I initially want the beams for reason purposes and the beams
Is lighter than the 5s... That's 100% fact. And it produces more power and torque but the hard part for me is I never done an engine swap on a car this year I done it on my 73 Datsun 240z but it only has about 10 wires in the entire bay... So I'm not good with wiring I need someone to give me a hand with that and I was wondering where can I purchase a good beams? Should I shop locally and pick it up my self? We have a few shops that have them around

Manny is right, the BEAMS really isn't any lighter than the 5S. They share essentially the same block, the heads weigh about the same, I'd guess they're within 50 lbs of each other. Could be closer than that. Check ricochet190's progress thread, first page. I posted the wiring there. It's on page 16 or 18 of my progress thread as well, and several other places. It's seriously like 6 wires that have to be spliced together, then it's entirely plug and play. You'll find that the BEAMS and 5S feel very similar up until 4,500 rpm when the BEAMS comes to life. It's fun, but in a totally different way than the 5S. The BEAMS uses the same motor mounts and axles as the 5S, so it's ridiculously simple to swap.

Definitely shop locally if you can, check out the engines personally. Check for LSD too.