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the infamous t2 first gen swap

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Old 11-22-2006, 09:08 AM
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how hard is this? it looks to be the most frightening part of the swap, putting the stock t2 wiring harness into a 12a car. about how many hours did this take everyone who has done it?
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Old 11-22-2006, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jdm12a' post='846318' date='Nov 22 2006, 10:08 AM

how hard is this? it looks to be the most frightening part of the swap, putting the stock t2 wiring harness into a 12a car. about how many hours did this take everyone who has done it?




i did get mine to work , bout if u can buy a stand alone go for it save the time and problems .

im going to swich over to stand alone since u cant run much boost in stock ecu

with out buying the piggyback safc etc etc .. and is much safer .

u gonna spend about the same money as the stand alone unless u can modd the harnes ur self

maf ,map it all adds up belive me !
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Exactly what 1979 said. By the time your FIND and buy an afm, boost sensor, ecu, harness etc etc, your money ahead going stand alone.



I actually on my third ecu, and electric omp, S-5 swap. So there alone is like $500 in used parts. Plus I bought a FCD and a S-AFC so I could play with boost and adjust fuel. KNowing what i do now. I would advise just going to staight to a ems. I will be installing my over the Christmas holiday.



To answer your question, I took two weekends to sort out the wiring and install it. BTW You only need about half of the wires for the car to start and run. Just the main **** and you will be fine.
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