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[Bbandit]

congrats man!
but yea the swap is fairly easy
a friend of mine (240keyy = hes on this forum) did the swap for less than a week.. (5 days i think)
and that was his first swap with just engine hoist and basic tools..
no power tools at all
his wife did the wirings and both of them never did any swap nor wirings before, and back then, he still lives in an apartment and did the swap at a friend's shop..
if you pm him about sr swap.. i know exactly what he will say
"dude, just swap the motor yourself! its easy! dont waste your money on labor!"

so basically.. all you need for the swap is just front clip, a 240sx, and a garage(or a place to work on it).. and of course.. a couple of little stuff ( cables, etc )

since then, we've been dropping our trannies here and there.. and im pretty sure we'll be doing this a lot more (a couple more sr swaps, ka swaps, tranny swaps, etc)

for me, im going to swap a 96 KA block into my 91 240 in 2 weeks hopefully..
(with help from 240keyy and fastpace, hopefully more)
so yea when you do this kind of things, just try to keep telling yourself that you will save a LOT of money if you go with DIY..
it'll take time but you will save money and learn at the same time