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Swap?
Posted: July 5th, 2007, 8:22 am
by erixon
Hey everyone, I have been kind of sidelined from my intake project for a little while, as my mx-3 is on the fritz all of a sudden, I am just wondering, what is the easiest upgrade as far as a swap from a DOHC 1.6L. I know a guy with a smashed up mx-6 that he is willing to sell for 800$. But I don't know how easy this is to swap, I want something thats generally easy, as I wont be doing the swap, I would have to take it somewhere for this big of a project. I don't trust myself with something this big. lol
Posted: July 5th, 2007, 11:44 am
by cyclonekid78
I believe you will have problems with mx6 stuff.
But the 90-94 protege LX BP 1.8L DOHC motor is one of the easiest swaps, for us 4 cylinder guys. More or less its plug and play for the 93 and down MXs.
Posted: July 5th, 2007, 2:44 pm
by luisitol
THe mx6 stuff will be good for the motor and ECU, but you'll need some GS components to do the swap correctly.
Posted: July 6th, 2007, 2:16 am
by cyclonekid78
Like I said. Wont be easy doing the mx6 swap.
Posted: July 6th, 2007, 9:03 am
by SuperK
Depends which MX-6 it is. If it's the 4 cyl. version, you'll be doing some custom motor mounts, but the engine WILL fit.
It's not too powerful of a motor, but it's able to take a bit of boosting. I do believe it's the... F2N? Correct me if I'm wrong.
If it's the 6 cyl. MX-6, it WOULD be an easy swap... IF you had the 6 cyl version of the MX-3. Otherwise you'll need to be swapping out parts from teh MX-3 GS to the RS.
But even then, people often document the 4 cyl swaps with the SOHC 1.6L.
It's hard to find information on swapping 1.6L DOHC. Wiring harness isn't kind.
Not saying it's not possible, but you'll a greater knowledge of wiring. Not many people will be able to assist you in the swap.