Hello, I've been browsing these forums for quite a while now but I never registered.

Here is the story, I obtained my private back in 2008, and was going to a local college which had an Aviation program. They had a link with DCA (Delta) and I flew Cirrus SR-20's in training for my instrument rating, everything was great and I was progressing well and I had passed Stage Check 2. Then some personal things came up and I had to use what little funds I had. Unfortunately it went downhill from there in terms of training. I was unable to garner the funds I needed to continue flying, and banks had ceased student loans, and the one I had was empty. I had to pause my aviation training.

Fast Forward to the present day, I have over the past year and a half saved up enough to where I can get through finishing Instrument and Commercial, and possibly CFI (This is being very conservative with money). Here's where my question lays. I can't afford to fly Cirrus anymore and I am no longer with DCA. I will be finishing Instrument at my old flight school in a 172. How much training and catch up flying do you think I would need to be proficient for a check ride going from a Cirrus back to a Cessna (No Glass)? This is excluding book learning (I am covered there as I have made it a priority to retain all that information.)

Sorry for the wall of text, I'm just trying to get all my angles covered. I have talked to a few flight schools, but I figure that I would ask for sound advice here as well. Also from my past experiences, I do not trust people in making monetary decisions for me so I'm trying to get realistic advice from unbiased people. Thanks