[tehc] engine swap

[jason@scirocco.org (16V Jason)]

At 12:42 PM 4/12/2002, Night Shadow wrote:
>Motronic, OBD II

Ooh -- you just said a bad word.  OBD II.


>Not bad if it includes all accesories, intake manifold, etc (you won't
>need the exhaust manifold).
>
>These motors were 115hp and 125 ft/lbs stock.  But, injection can be
>chipped, cams, conefilter intakes, etc can make these decent performers.
>Or just bolt your head on and go with your injection....easier than trying
>to swap the whole thing in intact (like I have done...still working on the
>wiring).

Patrick, if you do plan on doing it, I recommend going with an OBD I engine=
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-- i.e. pre-1996.  OBD II engines have a mess of other shit that needs to=20
be added in to stop your computer from throwing codes -- vacuum pumps, bla=
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bla bla.  The suggestion of keeping your FI as it is and dropping in a 2.0=
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block is probably the easiest and will net you some nice power.  The swap=20
to OBD II can be very difficult.

And don't worry too much about mileage on the 2.0s... they're practically=20
indestructible.

Jason





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