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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 07:59 AM
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What is all involved, I have all parts since I have my wrecked gt but am I going to have to rewire the entire car and stuff like that?
 
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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Honestly, it's a lot easier and usually cheaper to just sell the v6 and buy a v8, but I guess if you have the wrecked v8 you already have the parts so it might be one of those rare cases where it's worthwhile to do.
 
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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Since you already have both cars just swap the entire drive train from the GT over to the 6er. Shouldn't be bad but will take a lot of time if you plan on doing it yourself.
 
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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its def cheaper to buy the v6, I have my gt with diff mods done to it and only 40,000 miles on all parts. Plus my friend owns a body shop so I have everything necessary to do the swap. I figure buy a beat up v6 for a few grand, have my friend paint it, swap everything over and have a grand or 2 for new parts.
 
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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im stickin with my 6.. im gettin one out of the junkyard for 300 and gonna tear it down and build it. even tho i love the 8's sound.. its just too much work to put an 8 in.
 
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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its def cheaper to buy the v6, I have my gt with diff mods done to it and only 40,000 miles on all parts. Plus my friend owns a body shop so I have everything necessary to do the swap. I figure buy a beat up v6 for a few grand, have my friend paint it, swap everything over and have a grand or 2 for new parts.
Did you not have insurance on the car or something?
 
Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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No i had full insurance on the car, they totalled it out and I bought it back from the insurance company for $1200. It had a bunch of stuff done to it plus I still have $8000 from the insurance check after buying my wrecked gt back. So im trying to buy a v6 around $4000, have it painted by my friend, swap everything over, and still have a few grand for new parts for the car.
 
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