avarage swap time on an RB series motor

[w1ngzer0]

Whats the avarage swap time?

[BoostFab]

some ppl complete the swap in 3days, some take months...it's all depends if you have all your parts together and ready to bolt on, and you know what you're doing.

[NISMO_RB25]

yep,

Took me about 3 days. Day 1 pull KA outDay 2, instal mounting kit, and drop in motorDay 3, hook up wiring, hoses, fluids, etc.. .....

Day 999 Still adding crap to the car, because working on it is half the fun.

[accel junky]

Its taken me the whole summer so far. I should be done in a few days.

I'm working to pay for this, so I have to work on the swap after 5pm everyday except the weekends.

[Nameless EJ6]

There isn't a standard average time on an RB swap. It all depends on your motivation and whether you have all the things you need to complete it.

Same goes for any swap on any car.

[Boardman]

It takes as long as you want- I like to take my time- I'm not in a race- I stretch it out because the whole process is fun. And it always comes out as a super nice quality swap.If it's your daily driver with no other transportation......then which RB swap? Is this your first Nissan swap? Your first swap/Nissan swap will take XX many hours.If you were to repeat the swap again it would take half as long. So who can say....we don't know your technical ability.

p.s. when you swap....be prepared for a bolt to break or something to go majorly wrong and halt/stall the process for days....waiting on replacement parts etc etc.

[xjon]

Depending on yourself, be prepared to buy another car. I was.

"Expect the best, be ready for the worse."

[PANGES]

5 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STILL waiting on my wire harnesses from mckinney motorsports... they've had them for like 4 months and jus started like last week so BLAH!!!!!!!!!

[skillzilla]

mine took about 2 weeks once I got started, but before that maybe 2 months waiting on parts and prepping the engine.

[xjon]

swap 5 days, 3.5 months gathering parts and studying wiring.

[rb250sx]

9 months waiting on the clip. 2-3 weeks swapping the motor in. 1 day for it to catch on fire. 3 months doing body work. and once i get it out of the paint booth at the end of the week ill have it running in a day or two:)

[Projex240]

my guess is it wouldnt be long if you had all your ducks in a row---that is--if you have some technical/mechanical knowhow.

ka-sr swap isntmuch different i dont guess--pull one motor, prep car for the next one, put the new one in, hoook it up, work out bugs--drive. How long it take syou to do those things i would guess would be up to you.

-Josh

[DETurbine]

17 hours is what it took me and a freind to do it. We have done RB swaps two previous times before that and knew what we were doing.

[msg]

its taken me over a year

[PANGES]

anyone know anyone from mckinney motorsports n can check on my wires?

[HybridOne]

mine took 3 days. Though i had everything lined up and ready to go when i did the swap. plus, i bought the motor off rbsileighty, and he had already extended all the wires on the harness for me, cause he already had the motor in an S13 running.

[rbsileighty]

Mine's at ~2 months... if it weren't for a job and the need to have so many new things all at once... should have been a week tops.

[T_love]

3 weeks and counting, i'm basically doing it about 2 days a week, with lots of breaks.

[s13rb25]

Mine took about 5 days from 6 till ~11 each night to get it in the car and running. That was last august. Got my driveshaft for christmas as well as water temp and oil pressure. now into summer I should have it driveable in a week or two when my exhaust gets here and i figure out how i want to wire in the tach and speedo.

[T_love]

when you swap....be prepared for a bolt to break or something to go majorly wrong and halt/stall the process for days....waiting on replacement parts etc etc.

ain't that the truth. i had to ghetto rig my radiator since both the bolts broke not to mention the crapload of other broken bolts and rounded nuts.

How are you guys managing to pull the swap off in 3-5 days? i constantly have to skip a day every once in a while to regain my strength.

[silline]

my swap took a week this is my first motor swap every things done but still waiting for mack to send the harness should get it on tues

[BoostFab]

i constantly have to skip a day every once in a while to regain my strength.

wuss...lol j/k

[Joe]

5 months waiting for STM to not finish my harness, 3 weeks fixing it and learning how to wire a S14, 4 days of actual work.

[xjon]

t-love - PERSEVERENCE

[T_love]

t-love - PERSEVERENCE

the one thing i lack j/k......i'm almost done with mine. Now i'm actually putting in more time than at the beginning because i know i'll be turning that key very soon:D

[crxcess]

well if you include cutting up the clip and replacing the needed parts 3 days, but if its just swaping 20 hours...( my second one took that long) first one took 3 days. gonna do one this week... I'll see how long it takes this time. Oh BTW its by myself too (not recommended).

[crxcess]

ok just did one today. I started at around 8 am and drove it out of the garage at 9pm. its not done but almost there. need to mount the smic and solder some wires. Also I was working by myself again.

[xjon]

Damn, great job man. Let's hear what these customers ahve to say. Are they on this forum? Anyways, good job.

[crxcess]

bobdhead has one of my cars.. ask him how he likes it.

[xjon]

I know he likes it. We need to all get together and just chill.