Woot! Gonna SRT swap!

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:11 pm

Hey guys,

After contemplating this for awhile, I think I have found the moment to do it. I talked with my supplier and he told me he has an SRT engine/tranny with 350 miles on it. He is going to sell it and the rest of the needed parts for $4,000. I'm sold.

I am starting this thread to catalog my engine swap and parts gathering. I will be putting this into a 2001 R/T and when it gets swapped I will of course have all my R/T parts for sale.

Wish me luck.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:13 pm

dibs on magnum intake

That is all.

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:21 pm

Remind me when i get there.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:22 pm

Oh, and congradulations. Hope things go well for you.... bastard

<---jealous

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:25 pm

Haha, this IS assuming i can convince my wife. She is a tough cookie but i know her weak points.

Young Gunna · Post by **Young Gunna** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:42 pm

Won't be too hard

"Honey, once the swap is in, we can get to the grocery store faster

"

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:18 pm

Well, unfortunately the grocery store is about 1/4 mile away from my house.

I do like to toy with her about having an SRt though. It usually takes me about 45 minutes to get to my parents house, but with an SRT i could be there and back in about 5 minutes.. i wish.

refect · Post by **refect** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:55 pm

niiiceeee!!!!

glad to hear you are finally doing it...now get it crackin!!!!! ill come by and help ya out along the way with what i can too

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:58 pm

Well, scratch that plan, talked to the wife and she vehemently said NO. I'll have to see what I can do. I didn't get to tell her that it would basically be a brand new car, so maybe she'll go for that.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:58 pm

ooh nice. record video of the install so n00bs like me can learn how to do it!

bad04srt · Post by **bad04srt** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:41 am

LCPLPunk wrote:Well, unfortunately the grocery store is about 1/4 mile away from my house.

well now you can get there in 14 seconds.....

yellowpatrol wrote:ooh nice. record video of the install so n00bs like me can learn how to do it!

thats a good idea but it really wont help you much....the only way to learn is to get in there and do it yourself....you can only learn so much from books and videos....most of it is trial and error....motor swaps really arent that hard....if you take your time and nothing breaks it is really a couple day job.....the best thing i ever did was get a bunch of honda friends and did like 4 motor swaps in 2 weeks....even though they were hondas i learned so much about engine basics and motor swaps....next weekend we're putting a v-6 from a skylark into a grand am for this girl i work with....should be fun

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:11 am

Damn dude, AWESOME! Now where is that IM conversation with you where you were saying you weren't going to mod the car

If I was closer I'd stop by and help ya out

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:43 am

Just look at your wife, at tell her you'll buy her a nice, shiney pair of diamond earrings when everything is said and done.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:38 am

bad01neon wrote:thats a good idea but it really wont help you much....the only way to learn is to get in there and do it yourself....you can only learn so much from books and videos....most of it is trial and error....motor swaps really arent that hard....if you take your time and nothing breaks it is really a couple day job.....the best thing i ever did was get a bunch of honda friends and did like 4 motor swaps in 2 weeks....even though they were hondas i learned so much about engine basics and motor swaps....next weekend we're putting a v-6 from a skylark into a grand am for this girl i work with....should be fun

Well it's just a little hard to work up the money / courage to take on something that huge. Especially with very little knowledge of the process going into it.

sudsymcduff · Post by **sudsymcduff** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:39 am

yellowpatrol wrote:Well it's just a little hard to work up the money / courage to take on something that huge. Especially with very little knowledge of the process going into it.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:02 am

HAHA.

GREAT NEWS!

SHE SAID YES! GO TEAM!

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:53 pm

damn...............congrats man, thats sick

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:15 pm

Ya, if i lived closer to you I woulda just had you do it. But i figured it would take too long to drive.

And how the heck did i get so lucky to get a 350 mile engine? ????

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:20 pm

stupid srt driver, thats how, lol

bad04srt · Post by **bad04srt** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:49 pm

sudsymcduff wrote:THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

not about you

Silver2gn4me · Post by **Silver2gn4me** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:22 pm

Sweet man...good luck. Is $4,000 a good price for a swap?? That seems kinda high. I was planning on doing this also.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:25 am

4k is about what I'll have spent when all is said and done. it all depends on what you get in the purchase of the srt swap.

for 3.6k I got everything for the swap except and intake system (that was damaged in the car's demise). then there is all the fluids and the sentry system flashing deally-thingy.

From what I've seen and researched this about the Norm...

snkmug · Post by **snkmug** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:37 am

hasken here is what your gray one will look like, I just finished mine

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:14 pm

Spoiler alert...!!!! Dude that looks awesome...
Was this a swap??? b/c i didn't think they made the SRT in this color (which is my favorite). If so you did a damn good job of making it....

snkmug · Post by **snkmug** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:21 pm

yep its a swap, car started as a 03 sxt...Just got it finished and on the highway.......

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:26 pm

Videos! Post them in the video section!

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:56 pm

Awesome! Slap your wife in the face!

refect · Post by **refect** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:56 pm

welchspro · Post by **welchspro** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:04 am

snkmug i love your conversion...graphite FTW

snkmug · Post by **snkmug** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:12 am

thanks