Is this a good engine swap deal?
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:21 am
Hi,
It's a bit of a long story but...
A garage owning friend has a Nissan 200 SX SR20DET in stock that he's used as his daily driver for a while. He recently bough an Evo8 and wants to turn the Nissan into profit. i have an old Suzuki Bandit 600 that I never use and he's dead keen on doing his bike test. He asked me yesterday if I'd like a deal where he gets my bike and i get the engine, loom, ECU, prop etc out of the SX for a conversion into my track E30. He even offered to do the conversion in his garage for mate's rates.
My bike is worth around £1200 to £1500 depending on the time of year I sell it. I dont know much about the SX apart from it's taxed and MOT'd. I've driven it and it's very quick - I'd guess 250 to 300 bhp.
I was going to sell the Bandit and use the cash to refresh the M42 I have now - with the long term view of a supercharger. But, now I'm tempted to go with this deal. He's a very good mate (usher at my wedding) and he wouldn't sell me a pup.
Good deal?
Cheers - AJ
It's a bit of a long story but...
A garage owning friend has a Nissan 200 SX SR20DET in stock that he's used as his daily driver for a while. He recently bough an Evo8 and wants to turn the Nissan into profit. i have an old Suzuki Bandit 600 that I never use and he's dead keen on doing his bike test. He asked me yesterday if I'd like a deal where he gets my bike and i get the engine, loom, ECU, prop etc out of the SX for a conversion into my track E30. He even offered to do the conversion in his garage for mate's rates.
My bike is worth around £1200 to £1500 depending on the time of year I sell it. I dont know much about the SX apart from it's taxed and MOT'd. I've driven it and it's very quick - I'd guess 250 to 300 bhp.
I was going to sell the Bandit and use the cash to refresh the M42 I have now - with the long term view of a supercharger. But, now I'm tempted to go with this deal. He's a very good mate (usher at my wedding) and he wouldn't sell me a pup.
Good deal?
Cheers - AJ