Finally! took her in for the swap friday!

[phanatikz32]

i towed my z to the shop to do the swap on last friday they said she'll be done the end of this week i'm hella stoked!!! a few pics loading her on the flat bed!

here's a good shot of my ride height the dude used blocks to get me on the truck and i still scraped my exhaust.

just got a call from the shop saying it should be running by tomorrow! hell yeah!


Modified by phanatikz32 at 9:04 AM 6/25/2009

[tmeyer29]

pics dont work......thats sweet that they are getting it done this quick

[hob976]

Sorry. Was that a N/A to newer N/A swap... or N/A to TT swap...?

[billabong093]

Thats awesome man, im excited to see how it turns out. Is the shop charging you a lot?

Sorry. Was that a N/A to newer N/A swap... or N/A to TT swap...?

Na to TT

[tmeyer29]

hes going from n/a to tt

[NissanFairladyZ32]

What happend to doing it your self ?

[phanatikz32]

i fixed the pics! i'm not doing it myself because it voids my warranty if i do, and i need my warranty obviously. it sucked i ended up paying someone anyways but it was only 900 pluss 300 for intercooler piping

[NissanFairladyZ32]

well thats good, hope it turns out good, you will be spooling in no time

[pahaf]

nice..gl

[vda240]

lucky bastard I know how you feel, damn I want that feeling... cant wait to see it done man!

[NSR_s30]

Sweet man.

[Oh Em Zee]

congratulations! Pics demanded immediately upon return!

Where'd you take it to?

[billabong093]

congratulations! Pics demanded immediately upon return!

Where'd you take it to?

Video too, so we can see how shes running

[bentandbuzzin]

Is that price for everything including parts or just the labor? Someone correct me if i'm wrong but your getting it done for $900 and Z1 charges what $6-9k for the swap?

[evildky]

Is that price for everything including parts or just the labor? Someone correct me if i'm wrong but your getting it done for $900 and Z1 charges what $6-9k for the swap?

i believe Z1's prie si 8k and that includes the frotn cut and a lot of regular wear or upgrade items, Z1 is also liely to still be in business should anythign be an issue down the road, nto that you can't shop around and beat their price form another reputable shop but you hvae to find a shop and parts etc so some of it is the cost of convienience

[dozug]

hm,, did you took it to the shop or just a guy??

cuz yeah there is a guy who is willing to swap tt into an NA for $800, not including the parts. just for the labor.

If it is the shop, wow, that is cheap. anyways, look luck with that! you will like the turbos spoolin'!

[phanatikz32]

Is that price for everything including parts or just the labor? Someone correct me if i'm wrong but your getting it done for $900 and Z1 charges what $6-9k for the swap?

i bought my own motor and the parts i needed to do the swap so he's charging me 900 for labor and 300 for the custom intercooler piping. but i had to have him fix the heater core also so that was another 450 . but i'm an advocate of doing it this way but alot of people will choose to go z1 or front clip i just feel like you're buing an old a** engine regardless so its not any more likely that your front clip will be in any better condition than my "jdm engine". plus on a front clip all that s*** has been sitting in that engine bay for however long out doors so you'll probably need to replace parts anyways and if the shop doesnt do that for free then thats a f***in rip off.

hm,, did you took it to the shop or just a guy??

cuz yeah there is a guy who is willing to swap tt into an NA for $800, not including the parts. just for the labor.

If it is the shop, wow, that is cheap. anyways, look luck with that! you will like the turbos spoolin'!

i took it to a shop tek one motorsports in riverside. all they work on for the most part is z's, i saw a 240 there once and 2 fd's but when i took my car there my z was one of atleast 6 and when i went in to make a deposit and saw my engine sitting on the stand i didnt even recognize it! they powdercoated my valve cover and re finished/cleaned my upper intake manifold and they cleaned my whole engine for free! so i feel pretty confident in these guys.

[queenz_gambit]

check your email.

[phanatikz32]

check your email.

checked and responded

[Z-owned]

The guys at Tek one know what they are doing when it comes to the z stopped by to check them out and was impressed.

[Z32TT]

very cool im excited for you, you will be running with the big dogs now

[dozug]

wow thats so crazy! I want to visit there!

you've got an email!

[phanatikz32]

responded.

and to anyone else who wants to know the address and phone number here it is:

Tek ONe Auto Works5885 jurupa ave. unit cRiverside Ca, 92504Pone: (951) 354-6686 - ask for alex

[ztommyx]

thats not a bad deal.. though i wouldn't do the 300 for pipings yet heater core for another 450?

ripoff. it's easily done while everything is out of the car.

oh wells... they have to make a living somehow.just get it done and over with and get on the road. you'll be happier once done

[nismoz32fairlady]

dude u live in norcal dude? sick, i am doing my swap somewhere during septemember too. let me know how your swap go! btw you going to the blackhawk meet in danville?

[dozug]

he is in socal..

[Oh Em Zee]

pics pics pics pics pics!

[phanatikz32]

thats not a bad deal.. though i wouldn't do the 300 for pipings yet heater core for another 450?

ripoff. it's easily done while everything is out of the car.

oh wells... they have to make a living somehow.just get it done and over with and get on the road. you'll be happier once done

yeah i'm not doing the piping or the heater core after all. he was explaining to me with the stock turbos it will just make them laggy so i decided not to and he just had a spare set of stock piping at the shop and used that instead so that took like 100 bucks off my bill and the heater core took that 450 off but i can understand because you have to pull the whole dash out to do the heater core and you wouldnt normally have to do that durring the swap process.

UPDATE: so it wasnt done yesterday my dumb a** forgot to take him the brackets to mount the trans and my maF and air filter so i had to take that stuff last night and he said it'll be done today.

on a positive note though i took some teaser pics while i was there



he said the engine i got had been worked on in japan, he says i definately have 555's (which kinda sucks cuz my ecu is tuned for 370's so he has to chip or replace it). and also he said something about the engine was balaned... also the cam gears and timing belt are tomei and there is a damn near new gasket set on it. also he said the heads are ported. so i'm feeling pretty confident about my $950 engine right now lol

[Z32TT]

damn thats pretty cool use the 450 towards a chipped ecu now unless he is capable of doing it for you also thats pretty sick

[dozug]

looking good! but you better have your ecu ready soon cuz running lean isnt good.. and find every info about the engine..