Aram's 3SGE Beams Levin Coupe

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Aram Wrote:Thanks for the links!
I will read intro them asap. :-)

But what do you mean, you are not getting a Beams now?????

After sorting everything out with finding buyers for my built 4A-GE heads all over the world and arranging transportation etc... I ask for the final price for the swap as I wanted the fuels sensor and cluster etc too. And only then we figured out we were talking too very different prices. The phrasing of the add was very unlucky picked to say the least. He wanted almost twice the price I expected which turned a good deal into a less than average deal. I'm sure the quality and condition of his swap is spot on which isn't the case on loads of other sites so this would have been a positive thing - but when I can come up, within a minute of googling, with halfcuts incl. the hole rear end (diff, axle, etc) shipped to my door for less than he asked for parts alone I had to drop out.
Don't get me wrong I'm still interested in doing these swap but I've spend a lot of research into building a nice 4A-GE 16V which will put out anywhere between 160-200hp once I'm done. This is by no means cheap and will actually cost me more once finished than the Beams swap - but I refuse to pay more than necessary and the cost for the 4A-GE build are expensive but fair/justified. The only reason I considered this particular offer half way through my 4A-GE build was because it seemed a bargain, which it wasn't. I'm repeating myself now already.
To cut it short now the deal fell through and I will revise my original 4A-GE plan a bit (will drop the all out hardcore build and use what I have already) and will go from there. Mind you in a bit more than a year I will be living in another country again, where I'm not sure if the AE86 will be legal in the first place. So I have to consider this as well.
It simply was a deal to good to be true, especially considering my bad luck I usually have when it comes down pursuing my tuning plans - some deals/parts always fall short off my expectations and as it turns out this was no exception. Hopefully I will end up in a country once where I can go and buy my stuff face to face and don't have to go through the headache of around the world shipping/quality control.
If I wouldn't enjoy the engineering side of cars so much I'd simply buy myself an M3 and be done with it but character refuses to do so. Bring on the next challenge - I'm sure it's going to be hell and more ups and downs as the Swiss alps

Alright, rant over for now... hope you're luckier than me and don't run into too much trouble with your swap.