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So...Im thinking I should really get a new engine over the summer, ive got a 93 Mx-3, its an automatic (kinda sucks) and I've also got a 95 MX-3 DOHC engine in my Garage (with auto tranny) that we pulled out of my old car. the body was in bad shape, and my current 93 has got a SOHC engine in it. Nothing has ever been done to it...other then the occiasional fixing that it required...but with that much km's on it...maybe its time for a new one....

what do you guys think...now my knowledge with cars isnt as good as yours might be

From what I've read throughout the articles here, swapping the 94+ engines (~110HP 4cyl 1.6L DOHC) into a 92/93 (~88HP 4cyl 1.6L SOHC) car will not be a straight bolt-on as the entire computer and electrical system is different.
Ideally, you would swap in a BP (~125HP 4Cyl 1.8L DOHC) or a BP-T (Same, but turboed - ~160HP+) which has quite a bit more power and is fairly straightforward (for the mechanical types).

Congrats on keeping your car running that long! I just hit 309,000 today on my way to Red Deer this morning.

Yea thats what I heard that the straight bolt on wouldnt work and all the electrical stuff would have to be re-done, which is why i havent done anything with that engine..
she still runs good...but the time will come where one morning she wont start...and i know NOTHING about engine swaps

If you have another vehicle that you can use during a swap, I'm sure there are tonnes of people in Calgary that would be willing to help.

That would be pretty cool, gonna have to start asking around

Hey here is my input on this situation lol

Buy a cheap one, V6, decent body. Build it up. Thats what I did. It still had 327xxx on it but i got it for $500, blown KLDE, i dropped a new one in, $800, installation, $400. im looking at a $1700 car that goes fast. To fix the minor rust underneath. well the frame was cracked in one spot and falling off. its $600. That brings that total to $2300 for a good body, fast car. Then u can part out your current 4cyl auto car. (get a standard lol) prolly make roughly $1000 on it if not more then sell the frame to a wreckers for $50. You end up coming out for about $1200-$1300 for a kickass car lol.

oh and my beast has a current total of 329855 today lol. And she is going for a nice drive to edmonton june 29 lol.

WOW...so there is MX-3 with more milage then me haha.
I just got back from edmonton last nite..and the only advice i can give you with that city ...WATCH OUT for potholes..its insane...theres actually DEEP holes in the streets that will either take your tire off or blow it.
I dont drive my precidia to edmonton..its way to risky...especially cuz theres a weird klunking noise on my front drivers side i think it could be a strut or something. I took my moms Buick Century to avoid breaking something on my car.

just a heads up

So you bust up your Mom's Buick. Nice.

310,000 here now. Catching up to you guys!

damn I thought my 265k was high (on the body)

Haha...well the 05' Buick Century can take a better beating then my precidia thats for sure. I think id come back with no tires if i woulda taken her up there.

Buicks are good for potholes...cant even feel them...kinda!

Plus..I wouldnt want anything like THIS happening again if I lost a tire...

*cringe*

that looks nasty. Are those both your cars?

Doesnt it? took a bad turn on 4th street by crescent heights over a year ago...hit black ice and went flying over a median...was pretty bad.

yes those are both my cars, the crashed one is at a junkyard now...ive still got its tranny and engine tho...

you should prime it and at least get it one color - it's a good cheap temporary fix that you can do yourself!