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As for an RB being 8000 to do, no way. For an RB26, yea you are looking at that at least. For an RB20 you aren't looking at any fabrication. You can buy the mounts right there in Atlanta. My brother fabs them and they are super sweet. Only ones on the market here that clear the oil pan, firewall and allow you to run a strut tower brace on the it after completion. He does kits to do th install. Kit includes the motor mounts and the tranny mount. There you go, it's in. Heclk he is seling his 240 right now and it already has the RB20 sitting in it.
If i'm not mistaken you can get an RB20 clip cheaper than the SR clip. The RB20's have really come down in price. The 25's and the 26'6 are still up there but they will fall soon enough. Reason being it that the RB is a hevier motor and everyone wants the SR's. So demand warrants price. The RB swap is a relatively painless one. Contact my brother, his shop can do the swap as well. www.tophatperformance.com. That's his site. His shop is in Conyers. They do ALOT of stuff and they are about to do more when I get down there to help him out.
But if I were you, I would stay with the KA and get your skill together before you do all this swapping. You are trying to learn a skill but yet you want to take the very thing that is going to facilitate you learning that skill apart. Any engine swap is going to take at least a month. They can say it takes shorter time but it never does. Something inevitably goes wrong and your car is there for a month or you have to take it back cause something is not right. Then you have missed half the events and half the season. So were I you, I would invest that money more wisely into suspension, tires and entry fee's into anything and everything that I could find including but not limited to, driving schools at Road Atlanta, track days racing events etc, etc.... That is the only way you are going to learn anything. There are monthly Auto X meetings in Atlanta. There are clubs that hold Rally's such as the Ga Z-club, the Porsche club and others. THose clubs also hold track days and all sorts of events that you don't have to have the same kind of car to go to. I went to a Z-club rally in my Mustang one time and did pretty well. I ran through the N. Ga mountains. Super nice guys and very professional Henry and his Hooligans are. Check em out. Plus you can join and get discounts to loal shops.
So before you worry bout power, worry bout Poise. You will be much happier that you did.
As for an RB being 8000 to do, no way. For an RB26, yea you are looking at that at least. For an RB20 you aren't looking at any fabrication. You can buy the mounts right there in Atlanta. My brother fabs them and they are super sweet. Only ones on the market here that clear the oil pan, firewall and allow you to run a strut tower brace on the it after completion. He does kits to do th install. Kit includes the motor mounts and the tranny mount. There you go, it's in. Heclk he is seling his 240 right now and it already has the RB20 sitting in it.
If i'm not mistaken you can get an RB20 clip cheaper than the SR clip. The RB20's have really come down in price. The 25's and the 26'6 are still up there but they will fall soon enough. Reason being it that the RB is a hevier motor and everyone wants the SR's. So demand warrants price. The RB swap is a relatively painless one. Contact my brother, his shop can do the swap as well. www.tophatperformance.com. That's his site. His shop is in Conyers. They do ALOT of stuff and they are about to do more when I get down there to help him out.
But if I were you, I would stay with the KA and get your skill together before you do all this swapping. You are trying to learn a skill but yet you want to take the very thing that is going to facilitate you learning that skill apart. Any engine swap is going to take at least a month. They can say it takes shorter time but it never does. Something inevitably goes wrong and your car is there for a month or you have to take it back cause something is not right. Then you have missed half the events and half the season. So were I you, I would invest that money more wisely into suspension, tires and entry fee's into anything and everything that I could find including but not limited to, driving schools at Road Atlanta, track days racing events etc, etc.... That is the only way you are going to learn anything. There are monthly Auto X meetings in Atlanta. There are clubs that hold Rally's such as the Ga Z-club, the Porsche club and others. THose clubs also hold track days and all sorts of events that you don't have to have the same kind of car to go to. I went to a Z-club rally in my Mustang one time and did pretty well. I ran through the N. Ga mountains. Super nice guys and very professional Henry and his Hooligans are. Check em out. Plus you can join and get discounts to loal shops.
So before you worry bout power, worry bout Poise. You will be much happier that you did.
very very nice! 
if we want, we will need to customized it. but he's happy with the swap so far. It's been more than a year now.
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