Debating LS2 GTO or SR20DET swap for my 98 SE.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Well how much HP are you shooting for with the SR? That will dictate on how expensive itll be and how much of the work will be done by you. I dropped $7k on the first 3 days when I did my SR swap. Thats me doing the labor, that $7k is mostly price of the parts I wanted to throw into the car at retail. I got the engine for $1500, the rest went to bolt on parts. Thats before I went GT2871R, 740cc and Entalphy Rom Tune.

[VROOOM]

I looked into and test drove an LS2 GTO. i had my heart set on it, 400hp FTW. but once i test drove it i hated it. it has tons of power but thats about it. the suspension sucked and the trans was nasty. i may have just driven a beat one but it had less than 40k on the odometer.

[alkemyst]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Well how much HP are you shooting for with the SR? That will dictate on how expensive itll be and how much of the work will be done by you. I dropped $7k on the first 3 days when I did my SR swap. Thats me doing the labor, that $7k is mostly price of the parts I wanted to throw into the car at retail. I got the engine for $1500, the rest went to bolt on parts. Thats before I went GT2871R, 740cc and Entalphy Rom Tune.

Well that's the thing...I am not sure. I want to be in the 12's, low low 13's (street tires). I want it done right so everything installed properly and loomed correctly. I don't want a drag queen though not hitting boost until 4-5K...I want a nice low end.

I have yet to see a really good swap yet except at shows. Most have wires going every which way, gauges just sitting on the dash, lines disconnected. smoke blowing on idle and driving, etc.

From what I understand a stock S14 black top with upgraded boost can get pretty close.

I am thinking I'd want to go probably GT2871 too. There is a GT35R on an S13 on Mofobucs videos that's fucking insane though, one of the GTO guys told me that link.

I want to get everything priced out, figure out what I can sell my car for and then see what the difference is.

Even if I only ended up with $8k on my car I am only looking at $10,000 for a nice nice low miled GTO on top of that...maybe even bump it a notch to get a 06.

Then I'd just have another baseline car though. The big thing is if I do wreck chance of my insurance not totaling it is a lot better. I had a minor accident and they wanted to write off my car. The adjuster came down from their headquarters though and ended up approving it saying my car had the condition of a 2 year old car and was thus considered exceptional and could be allowed to be repaired.

It's scary being faced with that when I didn't cause the damage directly.