 To swap or not to swap, Got my 3rd gen 3S-GTE |
 Jun 2, 2005 - 4:29 PM
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Ok so I now have my Caldina clip sitting at my house and I was so excited at first but now I'm having second thoughts. I can't find anyone in Houston that I think can actually do the job correctly and I don't want to spend 2 weeks in Florida so that Hux racing can do the swap.
I am one of the founders of the Houston Toyota Club which has around 100 members but I worry that we will be able to get the job done or will I end up with my car messed up and driving my POS daily driver - 92 FORD Exploder. Also I only paid $1500 for my clip because I found it locally and the clip shop had no idea what they had - naturally I jumped the gun without thinking and just bought the clip. Now I have offers to sell the clip for $3000+ and I am really hung on my descision. If you look at my profile you will see that I have been modding the car with the intention of swapping and I have tried to build th car intelligently towards that end. Hell I even bought the car (traded my '95 for it) specifically to swap. It would be my dream car and I have no doubts I would keep it forever but why am I feeling so jittery about it? is this normal for people who start the swap? Has anyone on here actually completed a swap from a Caldina? How did the wiring go? opinions? This post has been edited by Negative: Jun 2, 2005 - 4:39 PM --------------------  |
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Jun 3, 2005 - 4:28 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 25, '04 From Warsaw, Poland Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Swap it, Negative. It is not that hard - friend of mine who is a mechanic (I suppose you are at least clost to being one) has done swap of 2.0 into originally 1.8 Nissan 200SX. Completely different wiring. But step by step (NKOTB echo?) he has done everything and the owner of Nissan is now a happiest man ever. What would life be without challenges?
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Jun 3, 2005 - 4:39 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(TomPoz @ Jun 3, 2005 - 9:28 PM) (NKOTB echo?) [right][snapback]294877[/snapback][/right] What does this mean? I got the rest but this has me scratching my head. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Descisions, descisions. I wish there was someone on here who had done the Caldina swap before. My clip is a 4th gen 3S-GTE? I really should have done more homework before I bought this clip. -------------------- |
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Jun 5, 2005 - 4:12 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 25, '04 From Warsaw, Poland Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE(Negative @ Jun 3, 2005 - 4:39 PM) QUOTE(TomPoz @ Jun 3, 2005 - 9:28 PM) (NKOTB echo?) [right][snapback]294877[/snapback][/right] What does this mean? I got the rest but this has me scratching my head. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Descisions, descisions. I wish there was someone on here who had done the Caldina swap before. My clip is a 4th gen 3S-GTE? I really should have done more homework before I bought this clip. [right][snapback]294878[/snapback][/right] NKOTB = New Kids on the Block, they had a song "Step by step", I think.  Anyway, did you try Big Green Books that are available on www.celicatech.com? I think they have one on VI gen. Celica 3s-gte engine and electrics. -------------------- '94 ST202 - tuned, highly apprieciated, but sold.
'99 ST205 - imported, legalized, Stage 1 completed. For slow driving: Yamaha XVS650 Drag Star. The most recent addition to the family and for the family: Toyota RAV4 2.0 VVTi Celica-Club Poland - Everything you want to know about your favourite car ... in Polish |
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Negative To swap or not to swap Jun 2, 2005 - 4:29 PM
lagos 1st thing i would recomend doing is to figure out ... Jun 2, 2005 - 4:49 PM Negative Yeah - I figure it's just pre-swap jitters but... Jun 2, 2005 - 4:56 PM lagos i know how u feel. before my swap, i had like 10pe... Jun 2, 2005 - 5:07 PM Digndoug Id say if your really in love with your car, and s... Jun 2, 2005 - 5:25 PM Punch there is a shop that can do it, ATS RACING 2120 Ja... Jun 2, 2005 - 10:36 PM
Negative QUOTE(Punch @ Jun 3, 2005 - 3:36 AM)there is ... Jun 3, 2005 - 9:58 AM playr158 here is an option
mechanically its not too hard t... Jun 3, 2005 - 10:06 AM Negative QUOTE(playr158 @ Jun 3, 2005 - 3:06 PM)here i... Jun 3, 2005 - 10:35 AM Negative Hey Playr - just checking out your profile - how d... Jun 3, 2005 - 10:39 AM playr158 remove headliner
clean it up a lil
go down to adv... Jun 3, 2005 - 10:41 AM Negative QUOTE(playr158 @ Jun 3, 2005 - 3:41 PM)remove... Jun 3, 2005 - 11:12 AM lagos do you own swap! having a swaped car is not th... Jun 3, 2005 - 1:26 PM Negative Yeah - I feel the same way. It's just that eve... Jun 3, 2005 - 2:10 PM playr158 well there is Jun 3, 2005 - 2:12 PM playr158 here is all the wiring diagrams
http://www.6gc.ne... Jun 3, 2005 - 2:13 PM Negative Playr - your help has been invaluable. Many many t... Jun 3, 2005 - 3:15 PM lagos ummm no offence to player... but that info will no... Jun 3, 2005 - 4:15 PM BLADDER_MASTER You might want to take a look at this.
http://www... Jun 3, 2005 - 4:42 PM Jeremy1210 QUOTENKOTB = New Kids on the Block, they had a son... Jun 6, 2005 - 8:43 AM Negative QUOTE(Jeremy1210 @ Jun 6, 2005 - 1:43 PM)QUOT... Jun 6, 2005 - 3:49 PM Negative Oh yeah - plus I get to keep the hood and intercoo... Jun 6, 2005 - 3:50 PM Negative No opinions? Jun 7, 2005 - 2:50 PM celicaracer18 well i ssay swap the 4th gen in but thats me, i th... Jun 8, 2005 - 1:28 AM |
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