In light of so many members going for swaps lately, this is an important point to make.
Fred...
Dumb shops shouldnt do swaps!
Dumb shops shouldnt do swaps!
Not really related to the CA but its the engine I want and the forum that I read the most on. So bear with me.
Im in Richmond, Va and I've seen this 240 outside of this tiny performance shop down the street and I've noticed its been there quite a while and I could see the exhaust hanging from the bottom, so I finally decided to stop in.
I drive up and I see some guys looking at my 240 coupe, so I get out and this guy starts talking to me and I ask him if they're doing a swap on that 240 over there? And he says yea were putting a motor in it.(This is one of the head guys there so remember) "oh yea what kind?" oh its a silvia motor..... "umm which one?" he says the one from japan that will bolt into a 240.... I smile and say "oh, how much do you all charge for the installation?" he says "were never doing another Nissan swap again, its too aggrivating and I'm stuck on the wiring so we wont be offering the swap anymore." I asked him if they were able to get a CA18 for a good price and he says "oh thats the s14 motor right?" I smirk and say nah its the early model silvia and 180sx motor. He's like yea i'll get back to you on that, what kind of 240 do you have? Do you have the 240 with the trunk? I say yea (thinking to myself what the hell does that matter) and he writes down on the paper "SeeA18det 92 240sx Trunk"
then a guy walks in and heres us talking and is like "man we need to get a nissan guy here" i was thinkin in my head "yea you might wanna get someone who's got atleast a little clue whats going on
he also mentioned that they had 4 sr's on hand
but anyways mostly my point is that these places just read the magazines and here what everyones doing and hop on the bandwagon and get into buisness with something that they know nothing about. Atleast know what your doing before you take someones money and have someones car for a few months and just let it sit there.
Thanks for your time
-Rick Johnson
Im in Richmond, Va and I've seen this 240 outside of this tiny performance shop down the street and I've noticed its been there quite a while and I could see the exhaust hanging from the bottom, so I finally decided to stop in.
I drive up and I see some guys looking at my 240 coupe, so I get out and this guy starts talking to me and I ask him if they're doing a swap on that 240 over there? And he says yea were putting a motor in it.(This is one of the head guys there so remember) "oh yea what kind?" oh its a silvia motor..... "umm which one?" he says the one from japan that will bolt into a 240.... I smile and say "oh, how much do you all charge for the installation?" he says "were never doing another Nissan swap again, its too aggrivating and I'm stuck on the wiring so we wont be offering the swap anymore." I asked him if they were able to get a CA18 for a good price and he says "oh thats the s14 motor right?" I smirk and say nah its the early model silvia and 180sx motor. He's like yea i'll get back to you on that, what kind of 240 do you have? Do you have the 240 with the trunk? I say yea (thinking to myself what the hell does that matter) and he writes down on the paper "SeeA18det 92 240sx Trunk"
then a guy walks in and heres us talking and is like "man we need to get a nissan guy here" i was thinkin in my head "yea you might wanna get someone who's got atleast a little clue whats going on
he also mentioned that they had 4 sr's on hand
but anyways mostly my point is that these places just read the magazines and here what everyones doing and hop on the bandwagon and get into buisness with something that they know nothing about. Atleast know what your doing before you take someones money and have someones car for a few months and just let it sit there.
Thanks for your time
-Rick Johnson
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