Lots of shops have been recommended on tdub... any of them worth going to for an engine swap? Swapping out my MR2 engine... it's finally had it.

6/18/2007 9:46:05 AM

japan direct- kinda pricey. but good people
phantasm- no comment.

dont know of many others

6/18/2007 10:15:43 AM

japan direct will do the swap? i'm talking to them now about getting the engine itself, but they didn't mention anything about being able to do the work.

6/18/2007 10:19:01 AM

Unless something has changed, Japan Direct will NOT do the work. For a little while they rented out space to some "speed" shop and they were doing them but I was not impressed. One of my friend's used to work for JD and I checked out a couple of cars that the guy was doing and it was just horrible. Phantasm will do it but you'll pay out the ass for it. If I didn't do my own work, I'd much rather get someone on here to do it.

6/18/2007 8:50:29 PM

oh, didnt realize japan direct wouldnt do swaps.

i guess they just do family/friend type swaps.

6/18/2007 9:07:02 PM

Right across the street from japan direct is ____________(slips my mind), and they do swaps.

[Edited on June 18, 2007 at 9:14 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2007 9:13:53 PM

you mean zxappeal doesn't want the MR2 in his garage for another 4 months???

6/18/2007 9:18:43 PM

fuck no he doesn't


i was talking to happy japs, but i want a few other estimates

[Edited on June 18, 2007 at 10:25 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2007 10:24:39 PM

You getting a 3SGTE?

6/18/2007 10:26:39 PM

yup

6/18/2007 10:27:01 PM

nice, what's it going into? a 2nd gen?

6/18/2007 10:34:38 PM

yep, '91

6/18/2007 10:37:02 PM

Oh shit. What happened now, Matt?

6/18/2007 11:20:14 PM

happy japs.

tell em superfly sent you. or something...

6/18/2007 11:21:16 PM

And wait for Rex to tell you how I nigged the thing up.

6/18/2007 11:56:37 PM

American Engine on Running oak dr, off of westgate.

6/19/2007 12:04:01 AM

phantasm- no comment.


just go to mr engine if yor going to put a new 180k toyota motor in

6/19/2007 2:51:15 AM

Tuner Solutions is in the same building as JD and they did my work for me on my 06 Accord and some other cars, they specialize in Toyota, Nissan and Honda's.

I think they are very good, they just did my suspension for me.

call and ask for Jason he is the owner and a very nice guy

[Edited on June 19, 2007 at 9:09 AM. Reason : ]

6/19/2007 9:09:10 AM

if you tell rex superfly sent you, he'll charge you more

6/20/2007 8:28:13 AM

pm zxappeal, hes awesome

6/20/2007 8:08:46 PM