94 DB7 LS to 94 DB8 GSR conversion
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djv1986
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the car blew up a month before haloween last year and still to this day haven't even filled the engine with oil yet when i get it running ill post the final pics with the new radiator new cold air intake and hopeful won't have to take it to a state referee for smog
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about am onto ago i wrote a list of the parts i bought and the total I've spent so far holy shit i thought hondas were cheap
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hopefully i did a good job and the car runs good thanks all for looking and hopeful have positive comments and feedback from the swap
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about am onto ago i wrote a list of the parts i bought and the total I've spent so far holy shit i thought hondas were cheap
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hopefully i did a good job and the car runs good thanks all for looking and hopeful have positive comments and feedback from the swap
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98silverdb8
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nice build so far,i would love to swap a gsr motor in my ls but after seeing #'s on yours and others think ill just save my $$ and eventually buy a nice turbo kit for my b18
djv1986
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I believe the obd1 gsrs had a sun roof which idont have on my car but I do have the entire roof with matching color headliner to convert my car factory sun roof while I had the dash out I pre ran the drain tubes for the sunroofSweet build man! Even made it look stock, so it will be hard to tell if it's an actual GSR or LS! It would be sweet if you could change your VIN from DB7 to DB8!
94rs-gharp
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blimey that build is beautiful man!!
Cripton805
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I would have just bought a JDM Swap and ran it to the ground and then rebuilt that later on. 1k alone was for a crappy GSR long block. I would have bought one as a whole with worn rings if you wanted a rebuild.
96GreenDB
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The cost was relatively up there for this kind of swap, BUT you replaced everything with brand new oem or quality aftermarket parts before installing which is more than most people do when swapping engines. You will have more peace of mind spending th extra cash and time doing it right and wont have much to worry about compared to buying a used engine and down the road notknowing what could go wrong. great job man dont let anyone tell you that you should have done anything differently.
Cripton805
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In that case I would have bought a DB8 for 5k :shock:
Swapped the current one with a JDM B18B (Smogable) since its in a DC4 Chassis.
I learned my lesson in my previous build. Sure this will run cherry, but I assure you, with the CAR bug it never ends therefore most of this money will be well spent until.
A. It's stolen
B. It's wrecked
C. You move on (Most likely) unless you're a rare kind of car person. lol
I don't blame you for doing an extensive build. If I had cash to throw away, I'd have a completely stock and rare 92-93 GSR rebuilt and stored because I like them so much. I'm just your average Joe though.
I could have cut so many corners to save you cash while maintaining the same reliability that you have here.
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