Fair enough, sorry if I sounded like I was having a go at you personally. I wasn't.

Doing the engine conversion is pretty much the same as doing the conversion for any other kind of engine, into any other kind of car. The Crossmember and Clutch conversion is probably the most time consuming part of the job. This depends on what brake booster/master cylinder option you take too. It's a whole lot of interconnected dependancies.

However if you consider that a CA18 transplant will need at least 30 hours of labour to build the custom brackets, you are looking at about $1500 worth of labour in these mods alone. These brackets then have a liability attached to them. How would you feel if you made a bracket that held the engine in. Lets say it broke, making the engine fall down and short out your wiring loom. Who's responsible?..the guy that made/designed the bracket. Unless a legal indemnity form is signed, but even then it can be questioned in court.

I know plenty of people who don't have a solid collection of steel sections, bars, rods square tube etc.. These are the people that shouldn't take on a transplant conversion. Otherwise the project will progress at an excruciatingly slow rate, as you discover what you need, and then have to go out and buy it.

Also, you need to be very resourceful to succeed in the art of maintaining a non-standard car. A transplant car is generally like a human who's had a transplanted heart..they can be higher maintenance and spend more time getting serviced.

Like I said in a previous postings, mechanics and "road service people" won't want anything to do with your car anymore! You have to know how to fix things by yourself.

The best way to learn how to fix things yourself, is to learn how things work, by doing it yourself. This either involves learning from work or friends or from books.

The bottom line is, I modify my car, if something breaks, I only have myself to blame.

Chris.