88' jdm swap n/a am i crazy?
i own a 88 4agze with an automatic, hell of a lot of body work is needed and i think i should jus get another car fixing the body and swapping the trans is jus too much.
my plan hopefully is too swap my agze in this 88' manual n/a which is a good running car, but that won't be for a while,
hopefully i can part out the mr.2 im driving now
keep the engine and drop it in when im ready,
few questions supposedly this car has a jdm n/a 1600 maybe around 130 horse if im correct
the thing that troubles me is i havent read any hard facts on whether the a/t ecu can run with a manual trans,
i also heard the wiring in the 87 and up is all there for a plug and play swap
so is the wiring for the instrument cluster there also for the s/c light?
is this worth it?
should i sell the car i have now and buy an agze swap with ecu ?
should i part out the car and keep the engine and search for an ecu?
can i just toggle the s/c off an available 12v source? or is there more to it?
im kinda scetchy on engine swaps i feel much better having an all original car after all my agze runs great with the exception of the automatic which at times i actually like, but i know the truth that i love matching revs heel toe and 4500 rpm launches, if i buy this car it will be my 5th mr.2 in 9 yrs that includes a spider that i totalled when i was 20, yea life is full of heart breaks
i'm really gonna miss the torque from that s/c powerhouse.
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