Engine Conversion

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by stiddy

Bucky, how handy are you with a hammer, half a socket set, a knife, 2 screw drivers and electrical tape? lol
Yeah im not denying it wont hit 10k, Ive helped with 5 conversions so far, admittedly not on falcons, but they almost always end up over budget from something not being right, usually little gremlins.. but they still did work out cheap because we did all the labour/sorted out the problems ourselves.
But being in buckies position and having his car the way it is now, I would do the conversion rather then buy a car and swap everything over...purely because the new car he gets may not be in excellent condition his current ride is.
and honestly what are the chances of finding a black XR8 in the same kind of condition as his XR6?

Well I'm not totally useless. These days I choose to let others do the jobs for me like JC, but I have done engine conversions before as well as manual to auto conversions in holdens. I know it doesn't count as this is a ford : but seriously, how different can it be. It's been a while now. I've got a mate who knows his way around cars and has a nice big shed to work from. last year we swapped engines in his lotus elise. He's good at electrics and doing things too the letter. So maybe its a job we can handle.