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Is 6500 enough to do a kswap in a automatic vp going manual

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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 04:31 AM
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Default Is 6500 enough to do a kswap in a automatic vp going manual

just wandering cause on this site you can get the complete k type s for 4000
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 04:39 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by honduh08 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just wandering cause on this site you can get the complete k type s for 4000</TD></TR></TABLE>

It can be done, but there's a lot of underlying issues that you didn't address.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 05:26 AM
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you need more money.
you never know what "extra" **** your gonna need.
good luck with it
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by s0ltker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you need more money.
you never know what "extra" **** your gonna need.
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oh their WILL be xtra things u gotta buy. for me i spent almost 10k. i went over and above on mine and the right way and if u want it done the right way i say u NEED to save another 2-3k.

the k motor isnt no drop in a day swap like the older ones. this project isnt for the weak and cheap. im not being an *** but u really need to research this project before u even buy the motor. research all the things and parts u need to do. i know i did and i still had to ask questions over on k20a.org. this project isnt for budget minded people.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sspem2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

oh their WILL be xtra things u gotta buy. for me i spent almost 10k. i went over and above on mine and the right way and if u want it done the right way i say u NEED to save another 2-3k.

the k motor isnt no drop in a day swap like the older ones. this project isnt for the weak and cheap. im not being an *** but u really need to research this project before u even buy the motor. research all the things and parts u need to do. i know i did and i still had to ask questions over on k20a.org. this project isnt for budget minded people. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I disagree with the time it takes to do the swap. Given my consistently late/broken parts that I had, I was prolonged in the amount of time to do the swap. But, if you were to cut those days out, and just say an added day or so of problems, I would say it only took me a week or two of work. Which is nothing for a guy who works full-time and only had help 3 or so days, and was his first Honda engine swap.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 07:36 AM
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u can drop a H or a B in a day. with a k if ur working on it everyday for a few hours with another person it will take at least a week. mine is taking 2 months. lmao. i can only work on it for about 8 hours a week thus why its takin so long. im almost done. just need to finish my exhaust and do kpro. should be done in the next week or 2.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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Shoot to have 10k in bank for a K swap. a2/z1 FTW!
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 12:09 AM
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I did mine k swap in a weekend with lots of beer and lots of cussin lol

H & B series swaps are easy. They can be swapped in a matter of hours if you know what you're doin. It takes me 3-4hrs to do a b series swap
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