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swapping a 1997 engine into a 1995

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:10 pm
by MikeyG
Hey guys,

I'm going to pull a beauty of a 97' engine and gearbox and put it into a beauty shell of a 95. Is it a case of disconnect everything, swap, connect everything, woophee? The 95 is the old immobilizer whereas the 97 is the newer one - I'll bypass the old immobilizer but could that cause any problems?

Thanks again for all your help.

Thanks,

Re: swapping a 1997 engine into a 1995

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:41 am
by jrh
Possibly the old distributor will have to be installed too.

Re: swapping a 1997 engine into a 1995

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:57 am
by Kit
Oil pressure sender

Need to change over the IM , if a 16v there’s differences in the wiring/plugs :o

When I swapped a early 24v into a late car there was a plug, left over around the gearbox area.
But the car ran OK

Kit

Re: swapping a 1997 engine into a 1995

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:04 pm
by MikeyG
Sorry I should have been clearer, it's a 2l to 2l. Same engine, just the 97 is so smooth but its body is rusted as heck.

The main thing was to check any immobiliser problems/do I have to bring the ECU with it?

Re: swapping a 1997 engine into a 1995

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:36 pm
by Kit
The 97 will have a temic matched ECU , but you won’t need that. Save it as a set with the ing barrel & sell it on.

Use your existing Dizzy/IM / wiring
No need to remove you ECU

Kit

Re: swapping a 1997 engine into a 1995

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:48 pm
by MikeyG
Perfect thanks. Your so helpful :)