To make a long story short

I burned out fith and fourth gear on a long distance trip. I had to leave my car at a friends house. I currently have a jdm d15, but have always wanted to swap in a gsr motor. I really don't have the money to buy the gsr, but I can get it... so. With that being said should I buy a tranny and try to get it down south to my car and install it myself or try and buy a motor and get a friend to go down and perform the swap with me.

The delimma with doing the installs my self is location. I would have to do these jobs in an apartment complex parking lot. Should I pay someone to do this install down there or ship the car back home and do it myself at the crib?

 

id just buy a cheap D tranny to get it back than sell the motor with tranny or without and buy the gsr...or just buy an si tranny and turbo the bitch!

 

that sounds like a good idea, but should I go down there and install it myself or pay for someone to install it?
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do you have a lot of experience? how fast/easily will you be able to do it?

 

no experience, but I'm mechanically inclined, so I figue at most like 10 hours and that seems like a lot to me.

 

yeah i guess thats alot, especially out in the sun in a parking lot with no lift etc
id say pay a pro

 

Thanks bigtime art... definately driving it back home and then selling the motor and doing the swap is a great idea
any other opinions&gt;&gt;

 

Do what YOU want.

We don't know your financial situation..

go calculate some **** up and figure out what you can do/get.

 

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We don't know your financial situation..

go calculate some **** up and figure out what you can do/get.

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It never fails... there is always one... at least one individual who tries to make it seem as though a person asking for opinions is a mindless follower..

You don't need to know my financial situation to have an opinion... or an idea of what you might do in the proposed circumstances. It's a simple question and if you have no opinion or ideas, just don't post. Obviously you must not, so let it be.

I've taken time to consider my options and I am asking the question to possibly obtain more...

 

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I wish you posted more.

Did you think about renting a trailor or maybe one of those deals that
hooks the two wheels up and you just pul the back two?

I think it would be a little risky doing it yourself out of town. There are
way to many things that could go wrong and you would be up the ol' ****
creek with one less paddle.

 

yeah pulling the tranny out in the parking lot is not pretty, it could be done but I wonder what people will have to say. You could just pay someone to do it, it's basicly a clutch change.

 

Elwood... what up homie?

You guys are right about the risk in doing it in a parking lot, that was one of my concerns... what if something went wrong? If I let a shop do it... in NC how much am I looking at for labor?

 

depends where you go...i know some dealers charge like a grand just to drop a tranny anc check it out, try to find a local shop with some cool guys, tell them your situation, and theyll probly help you out

 

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Not sure about nc, but if a real shop does it, my guess is a pretty penny.

I would seriously look at renting a flatbed trailor. When my brother got
his mini it was way cheaper in nevada and he lived in california. He rented
a flatbed trailor, and it was under 100$.

 

that's an idea. I can put it on a u haul or somethin.