Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself?
12-07-2003, 07:44 PM
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Re: Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself? (amplifi3d)
Buy it with a h22 in there...you dont have the time to start from scratch...ITS A LOT OF TIME AND MORE MONEY!
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12-07-2003, 07:59 PM
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Do it yourself. You have no idea how well the swap was done or what(if any) problems he has. IMO I would never buy a modded(heavily like this) car because of that fact.
12-07-2003, 08:24 PM
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Re: Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself? (amplifi3d)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by amplifi3d »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im debating to buy this ek with an h22 in it or buy an ek and start from scratch. Gimme some advice. thanks! 
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Give us the rundown on the two cars you were looking at and including pricing for them??!! so we can help you make a better buy decision!!
</TD></TR></TABLE>Give us the rundown on the two cars you were looking at and including pricing for them??!! so we can help you make a better buy decision!!
12-07-2003, 09:15 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18bEK »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would buy the car and start from scratch. you might be buying someone elses PROBLEMS. do the work yourself and then if something messes up you can only blame yourself 
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I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. I recently purchased what I thought was a H22 powered Prelude (you can see my thread on H-T about it). I drive it and come to find out it is a hybrid that somehow wasnt done properly. If the guy is your close friend, then MAYBE get the swapped car. Besides all the fun is doign the swap yourself and growing with your car. I mean I know it sounds sentimental and BS but I was SOOOOOOO attached to my 240sx after the swap. That was my blood sweat and tears. Now with my Civic, it will be fulfilling to see it grow from a slow *** car, to whatever it will eventually be
</TD></TR></TABLE>I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. I recently purchased what I thought was a H22 powered Prelude (you can see my thread on H-T about it). I drive it and come to find out it is a hybrid that somehow wasnt done properly. If the guy is your close friend, then MAYBE get the swapped car. Besides all the fun is doign the swap yourself and growing with your car. I mean I know it sounds sentimental and BS but I was SOOOOOOO attached to my 240sx after the swap. That was my blood sweat and tears. Now with my Civic, it will be fulfilling to see it grow from a slow *** car, to whatever it will eventually be
12-07-2003, 09:19 PM
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Re: Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself? (amplifi3d)
I would buy the nonswapped hatch. You will learn so much doing the work yourself. You won't learn **** buying a car thats already been swapped.
12-07-2003, 09:25 PM
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Re: Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself? (amplifi3d)
i say buy a stock car and work on it yourself. for me, i enjoy seeing my car going through it's stages(ie: suspension work, cosmetics, swap, etc.) and all the work that you put towards the car is part of the fun in owning a hybrid.
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Re: Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself? (whoDAT)
I would do a compression test on the motor, and see if any of the gears grind.
Sometimes you can't pass up a really good deal.
Sometimes you can't pass up a really good deal.
12-08-2003, 12:17 AM
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Re: Buy an ek with a swap? or do swap yourself? (-743-)
even if you take it for a run then the problems it might have might not even show. might be one of those once in a while things and u can only fix it for a while.
be very cautious. dig up info on the car if u can.
be very cautious. dig up info on the car if u can.
12-09-2003, 10:03 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tokyo_X-treme_Racer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Buy a stock one and start from scratch. Do the swap yourself with some help and at the end you'll feel good about a project that "YOU" builted. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Hes right... its costly to do your own swap... but ifyou got the dough... youll feel way better.. I mean i have a deal like yours but i passes knowing that Id feel and have more fun doin the engine stuff
Hes right... its costly to do your own swap... but ifyou got the dough... youll feel way better.. I mean i have a deal like yours but i passes knowing that Id feel and have more fun doin the engine stuff
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