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I don't actually know since I never did the swap, I found a mk II targa top, manual with leather interior and straight bodywork (will post pics when I get it home!) for $600 nz with a blown bottom end that I am going to put together now. As for the swap your suggesting talking to people from europe I do understand the shortage of z motors over there, if you have access to a good workshop and a lot of free time maybe but otherwise what you will spend doing the swap will exceed importing a 4agze as that is a direct bolt in, when you say 2k for a motor is that with a box or without cause you can use a 4age box but it is weak and likely to spin the clutch and is an extra cost. Plus if you do a 4agze swap there is no need for an engineering certifacation since it is the original mounts where as 3sge requires a custom mount being welded together, you could maybe get away with it but insurance would be interested to find that under the hood if you ever crashed. All depends on what you want cause 800 or even 1400 USD will do a fair bit of engine work on the N/A motor you have got and you could expect pretty good results and the all important reliabilty that seems to be an unacheivable myth sometimes. My old N/A that my sister has had the head planed and ported with better valve springs to boot and that could keep up with the best of cars in the tarmac events I ran, I was going to compare it to my 4agze this year but I blew the supercharger last meeting (air filter fell off) so can't tell you how much better apart from you can feel the difference especially at low revs cause of the extra torque. Then again I know how much the english worship tidy originals so you might get beat up for doing either If you do go 3sge get the gen 3 cause the gen 2 might not give you the boost you think it will, in either case tell us if it comes with gearbox or without cause 3sge are cheap and plentiful but may be fools gold if you know what I mean. Long rant I know but I have a lot on my mind.