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Re: What makes engine swap difficult?
Posted by David Ingram (more from David Ingram) on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:28:42
In Reply to: What makes engine swap difficult?, Mike P in MI, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:07:12
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You'd need the entire exhaust, wiring harness, ECU, intercooler, fuel system, possibly more.
You'd also want to make sure the 2.3 motor has had its balance shaft chain sprockets replaced, for fear the whole thing would go kablooey before you've had any fun with it. But that's a 2.3 issue particular to that range of model years.
Bear in mind, non-turbo to turbo swaps have always been a large undertaking and few have done it, whether 2.0 to 2.0t or 2.3 to 2.3t. So it gets that much more involved going 2.0 to 2.3t.
Just for starters, the 2.3 is a DI engine and the 2.0 is not, so you can't use ANY of the 87 wiring for it.
There could be other differences too. Not sure how the transmission speed sensor was set up in 87 and whether that'd work with the later ECU.
Maybe you'd find some info in the archives. But I don't remember seeing anyone attempting your particular project before, and I go back 11 years!
Nothing's impossible, but this might not be worth the effort once you tally up the steps involved...about which I know very little!
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- Re: Can I swap outer CV joints?, Markus Dantinne, Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:15:45
- 9000 wheel bearings are bolt-on. nm, SImon S, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:18:48
- If memory serves, David Ingram, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:43:35
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