allright, i'm a student so obviously i'm not exactly wealthy. school did give me a bunch of money though. i already have enough to cover the bills and stuff, but here's the question: would you say to yourself, "i better be smart and save this money?", or would you say "f it, i'm young and i want to play around so i'm going to spend this on a swap."

 

Im in the same situation. If you arent going to be in debt by doing the swap...then go for it!! EIther that or your cash will be dumped into booze and other pointless **** that goes with college life.

 

or buying up whoooores hehe

 

Would you be willing to take out a loan to get a swap? That is essentially what you have done. If it is scholarship money, save it. If it is financial aid (i.e. loans), then either bank it, or send it back. Yes, I said, send it back. It isn't free money, its a loan. No point in borrowing more money than you need, you'll just have to pay it back later.

 

save the money!! a swap can suck up a lot of money.. be sure you have more then enough to do the swap before you do it.

 

if your bills and **** are taken care off i dont see why not.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kommon_sense &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Would you be willing to take out a loan to get a swap? That is essentially what you have done. If it is scholarship money, save it. If it is financial aid (i.e. loans), then either bank it, or send it back. Yes, I said, send it back. It isn't free money, its a loan. No point in borrowing more money than you need, you'll just have to pay it back later.</TD></TR></TABLE>
actually it is pell grant money, i won't have to pay this back.

 

it's not going to take that much money, i 've done them before and haven't spent much. i can do all the work myself.

 

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actually it is pell grant money, i won't have to pay this back.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do it. Other things will come up, if your going to do it, just do it.
-Nike (ROFL)

 

i say find out how much the swap is going to total up to. once you have double that amount do it. thats what i always try to do on bigger purcheses. cuz you never know when some dumb *** is going to hit your car and run in the middle of the night while your sleeping.

 

I was in your situation and just did it. It worked out for the most part.

 

i'd probably save it.i dont get any grants for school, but you never know when you're going to fall on hard times. its always good to have some money around when that happens

 

save it... till you have enough money to do the swap and then some.

 

i'm in the same situation. **** it. it's just money. that's why i'm in this college thing anyway right? i'm up to my *** in student loans, just got a refund for 1500 and proceeded to blow most of that on a gsr swap. money comes and money goes.

 

Swaps are for guys that don't know how to build motors.

 

not if you're building the swap

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jwn7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not if you're building the swap</TD></TR></TABLE>

how many peopel actuailly do that?

 

me i have the swap sitting here, but it's not going in for a long long time. i need $$$$$ to build it. it just seems to make more sense build it for performance and reliability now while it's sitting here rather than in the engine bay. a lot of people swap, and then end up ripping it out later on. i'll wait.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jwn7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">me i have the swap sitting here, but it's not going in for a long long time. i need $$$$$ to build it. it just seems to make more sense build it for performance and reliability now while it's sitting here rather than in the engine bay. a lot of people swap, and then end up ripping it out later on. i'll wait.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah thats the way I look at it too. But I took a differant route. I built a N/A D series.. just to **** off guys with 99-00 SI's

 

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d series are for guys who wear panties

oh ya, do the swap

 

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d series are for guys who wear panties
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Don't hate me because I spent 1/2 the money.. and got the same WHP, and more TQ

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by infinatenexus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Don't hate me because I spent 1/2 the money.. and got the same WHP, and more TQ </TD></TR></TABLE>
oh ya? whats your setup and hp / tq numbers?

 

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oh ya? whats your setup and hp / tq numbers?</TD></TR></TABLE>


Y7 Block:
Posted cylinders
Bored .020
D-16 A-1 pistons (89-90)
Shot peened Y-8 rods
ARP rod bolts
ARP Head studs
Crank pulley
Decked .05
Reworked oil pump
Reworked oil passages
ACL Bearings
Micro polished/balanced crank

Y8 head:
Port & polish
Reshaped combustion chambers
Comp cam 59300
AEM Cam gear
Skunk2 springs & retainers

Skunk 2 intake manifold
B&M fuel presure gague and FPR
Reworked GSR thorttlebody


D-16 Y8 tranny
Clutch masters aluminum flywheel
ACT Clutch

Other mods:
Power core 4-2-1 header
MSD 6AL ignition
MSD Blaster II coil
2.25" Exhaust
CAI
Hondata S-100

As soon as its broken in, it will get rolled on a dyno and tuned.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kommon_sense &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Would you be willing to take out a loan to get a swap? That is essentially what you have done. If it is scholarship money, save it. If it is financial aid (i.e. loans), then either bank it, or send it back. Yes, I said, send it back. It isn't free money, its a loan. No point in borrowing more money than you need, you'll just have to pay it back later.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ouch... the truth hurts!

I'd have to agree with "kommon_sense"!

 

i say do it man