96 motor in 94 miata?
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96 motor in 94 miata?
My motor is toast in my 94, and I can get a 96 longblock with 66k miles on it for 800 shipped. are there any reasons i shouldnt get it? it doesnt come with a harness, so ill be using my original one. anything i will need to modify? Im having trouble finding anything on here or on google about this specific swap. I have until 5pm PST today to make a decision on this motor, so i appreciate any responce. thank you.
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The only major difference is that the 96+ blocks do not have the usual oil feed port used on for feeding a turbo drilled/tapped. You'll have to find another way to get the oil to the turbo (probably covered else via the search function).
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My motor is toast in my 94, and I can get a 96 longblock with 66k miles on it for 800 shipped. are there any reasons i shouldnt get it? it doesnt come with a harness, so ill be using my original one. anything i will need to modify? Im having trouble finding anything on here or on google about this specific swap. I have until 5pm PST today to make a decision on this motor, so i appreciate any responce. thank you.
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That has been discussed and I'm pretty sure the consensus is that its a terrible idea/maybe impossible. You'd be drilling quite a few inches and you would have to be perfectly straight, and you'd be introducing unnecessary debris into the oiling system.
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