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MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:45 pm
by randyMX5 ImBack
Hi i was wondering who here in Adelaide i might want to take my MX5(s) to to remove a turbo 1.8L engine and drivetrain from one of my MX5s and transfer into another MX5 i have and Visa versa. Take the 1.6L engine and drivetrain from that MX5 and put it in the one which had/has the 1.8 turbo.
Am i crazy??
Thoughts?
Randall
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:00 pm
by manga_blue
randyMX5 ImBack wrote:Am i crazy??
Hard to say. It's all relative. Everyone on this forum is at least slightly crazy.
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:08 pm
by Ross
Wouldn't it be easier to take the goodies you want off the 1.6 and install them in the 1,8turbo and vice versa, rather than swapping entire drivetrains?
Then theres the whole electrics and ECU side of the swap too
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:02 pm
by chrons_rotary
randyMX5 ImBack wrote:Hi i was wondering who here in Adelaide i might want to take my MX5(s) to to remove a turbo 1.8L engine and drivetrain from one of my MX5s and transfer into another MX5 i have and Visa versa. Take the 1.6L engine and drivetrain from that MX5 and put it in the one which had/has the 1.8 turbo.
Am i crazy??
Thoughts?
Randall
Does this mean we get to keep one of them if we do the swap?
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:48 pm
by Mr Morlock
I will leave it to a local to recommend a workshop. Consider estimating / getting a quote. You have 4 changes maybe 24 hours by say $70 or more an hour say $1700. Then if you do the change legally you have some hoops to jump thru ie neither will be what the reg say they are. Someone might do it just based on time and the cost can blow out. You can decide if its crazy.
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:49 pm
by randyMX5 ImBack
chrons_rotary wrote:Does this mean we get to keep one of them if we do the swap?
Sounds good to me as long as i get to choose which one...
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:02 am
by SuperMazdaKart
Hey Randy,
Probably any of the old well known car performance workshops. Jaustech, Graham West, BoostWorx etc. When I had an import NB6 engine put into my NA6 the transplant was done by Southern Hi-tec Dyno Tune, but apparently they aren't around anymore.
Re: MX5 to MX5 engine swap Adelaide
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:11 am
by davekmoore
manga_blue wrote:randyMX5 ImBack wrote:Am i crazy??
Hard to say. It's all relative. Everyone on this forum is at least slightly crazy.
I, for one, resent the suggest that I may be only slightly crazy.