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Escort GT motor
Posted: January 14th, 2003, 12:50 am
by papa roached
how much work is involved to get one of them 1.8s from one of those into a MX-3 with the SOHC 1.6?
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 14th, 2003, 9:09 am
by OsoSlo z28
same amount of work as putting in a protege lx 1.8.
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 14th, 2003, 7:18 pm
by natural born honda killer
it should be the same thing as the protege lx except i think the valve cover is different. other than that its the same right??? at least thats what i always thought and heard.
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 15th, 2003, 12:51 am
by David Witherow
actually its pretty easy i just had this done about a week ago and it cost me about 1000 not including motor but i put in a bunch of new things.........
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 15th, 2003, 8:51 pm
by papa roached
it run good and fast? noticable power boost?
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 18th, 2003, 8:22 pm
by atila
Did you use the rs ecu or did you change the full electronic of the pro lx? Him asking cause him putting my old pro lx engine in my friend precidia rs this weekend and him planning on using the stock electronic.
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 19th, 2003, 12:19 am
by Marlon
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by atila:
Did you use the rs ecu or did you change the full electronic of the pro lx? Him asking cause him putting my old pro lx engine in my friend precidia rs this weekend and him planning on using the stock electronic.<hr></blockquote><p>just use the pro lx ecu and u can use the stock mx-3 wiring harness if it's a 92 or 93
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 20th, 2003, 5:43 am
by Guest
Hey I noticed there is quite a few of you guys from ontario here I have a 92 GS and I am gettin a 93 4cyl and I was wondering WHO? and WHAT it would cost to do an engine swap to a better engine perferably turbo...I know nothing of engine swaps or who does them or for how much...so if you can post a few engine swaps with costs here in canada ontario would be greatly appreciated......
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 20th, 2003, 8:58 am
by Marlon
mine is coming close to 5,000 for j-spec bp, tranny, labour and lots of parts
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 21st, 2003, 4:04 am
by torpedan
Soon i am going to be swapping to a protege lx motor. got the full pwoertrain for 750 usd..
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 21st, 2003, 3:21 pm
by OsoSlo z28
for those that swapped in the n/a 1.8, what tranny are you using?
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 21st, 2003, 6:30 pm
by David Witherow
the tranny that came with the motor (97-98)......
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 22nd, 2003, 2:03 am
by OsoSlo z28
any problem with clutch not fully engaging?
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 22nd, 2003, 2:25 am
by I_love_my_MX-3
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by torpedan:
Soon i am going to be swapping to a protege lx motor. got the full pwoertrain for 750 usd..<hr></blockquote><p>whered you get it from? they have any more?
Re: Escort GT motor
Posted: January 22nd, 2003, 3:48 am
by torpedan
Got a front end clip from a local junk yard.. just call around and be professional. Just look in the phone book.<p>I will be using the protege trany. i will let you know if we encoutner any problems