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2.0 swap Do I have everything I need? NO!



Succinctly put, Jason.

Larry  sandiego16V

> Let's put it this way Dan...NO! You don't have everything you need. What
> you forgot, I can't tell you, but I jumped into my project thinking I
> "had everything I need" and it just doesn't work out that way. Plan on
> having a few hundred dollars extra socked away to finish...No, I'm not
> kidding. You will need a cushion for a bunch of silly stuff you would
> have never thought of. Also, don't expect too much of yourself. I am not
> putting you down, but you can easily talk yourself into wild time
> frames, that are just not attainable. My 81 was SUPPOSED to be done by
> the end of October...Well $ 6000-7000 thousand dollars later, and I
> still need to spend at least another $ 500.00 to finish...Sand (for
> blasting), couple of gaskets, headwork etc. It is cold in here in New
> England as it is in Northern New Jersey as well, so that might be a
> factor unless you have a warm garage...Just don't get too crazy with
> mods and run out of money like I did. BTW - Obviously my car is not done
> yet, my new more realistic time frame is April...By then I will have
> decent settlement (from the accident) and warmer weather...Now, how does
> that electric go again ;-0


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