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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 09:31 AM
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Question JDM BP5A eng in '97 USDM car

Hey guys, my friend is selling me a JDM BP5A engine from a Japanese '98 I believe, and it's in great condition. I'm running MegaSquirtPNP2 on my turbo 1997 1.8. My engine is locked up and I don't want to rebuild it, I want to bust a Greg Peters and build an engine outside of the car before dropping it in.
The JDM ECU says BP5A,
My USDM ECU says BP3A. However, I am running MSPNP2 anyway.

I just need to know If I can swap in the JDM engine and utilize my current USDM engine harness with it, going into my MegaSquirt.

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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 10:08 AM
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Yes you can.
Old Feb 13, 2018 | 10:35 AM
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install a turd engine instead of 99-05? why? The older engine has a few shortcomings.
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Originally Posted by ryansmoneypit
install a turd engine instead of 99-05? why? The older engine has a few shortcomings.
BP5A, not BP05.
Old Feb 13, 2018 | 10:43 AM
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ahhh. my bad
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