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Originally Posted by WingsofWar
oh god...my first swap ever was pretty easy. It was a VG30DET from a JDM Cedric into my 89 300zx. Only a few pinouts were switched to be accepted by the chassy from the JDM ECU.
Then when i worked at a shop, my first SR20 swap into an s14 was super easy..then came the wiring..cut harness..wtf.....what a nightmare.
Then came me helping out a friend swap a 13bREW into an FC3S...again... wiring nightmare which ended up just going haltec ECU because of the stress...and eliminating nearly 90% of the factory wires.
A friend calls me up last year, asks if i can help swap a VQ37 into his 94 Z32 300zx. I hung up....fuck that shit...
I hate reading wire diagrams and rebuilding harnesses. Even more so...i hate wire tucks......The next time i do a wire tuck....im using Milspec quick release connectors and separating the main harness into 5 different sections. Its more expensive this way..but god it would make life easier.
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as you've found out, when an engine wasn't designed to be swapped it's a big frickin headache. A counter example would be the current Ford 5.0, which is available as a crate motor with harness and can be used for swaps