been driving for a year now, and my pop says i can get a dif car for my birthday, around 7-10k price range. I have been reading a bunch of crap for a while now, and had it down to mr2 vs 240sx, but my friend died in a wreck recently in an mr2, so mom wont allow that. Anyway, I want to buy a 3k$ 240sx and swap in a rb25det. the 240sx will most likley be an s13 fastback (based only on appearance, is there a reason s14 would be better?) and in my pricerange, it will probably be an automatic. i will deff. get a manual swap.to do this, i think i need - air compressor, impact wrench, sockets, ratchet, screwdriver, jack stands, engine hoist (friend has all the tools)rb25det driveshaft (400$)rb25det clip (3500$)is there anything else that is necessary? i know there is reccomended stuff like replacing the clutch and stuff, but i mean like stuff that is needed to have the car run at least average; ex: if the engine will run with the stock fuel pump, but chugs along and dies frequently, i would consider that a necessary upgrade.
so all of that sounds good, here is the problem. my knowledge of cars is very limited since the car ive been driving for a year is a pos, and i couldnt really learn anything off it except like how to check the oil and ****. my knowledge is about 90% stuff off the internet 10% from friends, so my information has some pretty random gaps in it. i can explain how a turbo works and what vtec does, but i dont (embarassed) know stuff like "what does a clutch do?". I want to do as much of this as i can myself so i can learn about cars and how they work, plus i dont want to pay money to have a shop do it, but my dad dosent want me attempting an engine swap because it is pretty high level in terms of stuff you can do to a car. I am willing to work on it for multiple months and my friends dad said he would help, so dont worry about my patience level
.SOOOOOwhat i am getting at, is does anyone have any information that they used while doing an engine swap? any kind of swap? pictures, walkthrough, the more the better. I need enough information to convince my dad that i at least know where to start. like what to disconnect first from the recipient car, what will bolt up directly, what needs modification, etc.
please assist your fellow rb motor 240sx enthusiast! :p
