? for the jdm swap experts

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by danro

thanks Fred. I just assumed that the ecu also controlled the transmission. To be honest your attatchment is way over my head as i am not as technically savy as most of you rotary guys.

lol, I was hoping it would be plug n play like the honda guys with all the specialty parts available for various eng/trans configurations.

like, 1. find a very clean straight turbo car in need of rebuild= $2000-3000
profesional rebuild + all wear items replaced= $4000
or

find a very clean straight N/A s4 = $3000
profesional T2 swap = $5000

2. plug in jdm auto trans.(assuming it is in good shape
because autos tend to have conservative owners)


Am I dreamin. 7 or 8 thousand dollars for a strong running turbo car built for me and ready to mod into a quick little street car. (assuming the trans. swap goes as planned)

Ok, that changes things - I mistakenly thought you already had an FC turbo as a starting point for the AT conversion. If you are literally starting with nothing, the questions you need to ask yourself are: (1) What's my total budget, and related to that, how much of the work can I do myself? and (2) Do I really want an FC, or would I be just as happy owning a US spec FD that was originally equipped with an AT?

On #2, if you're OK with getting an FD, it shouldn't be too hard to find a clean high miles example with an AT for under $10K. Just for the heck of it I did a quick search on Autotrader.com for AT equipped FDs, and found 18 for sale scattered across the USA; "average" price was about 14K, but that average was skewed by a handful of them that were priced in the $20K+ range.