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Hi Guys,

Looking at swapping out my 2.0 for a 2.5 in my NC prod sports racecar.

Can anyone give me a idea on budget required to do the swap?

I’ve noticed a few donor engines for $800-1500 on eBay.

I already have supporting mods currently fitted to my 2.0 but would look at the EcuTek software for tuning.

Cheers!

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There's also a recent-ish thread about a guy who did it to his street car (first two engines he got were duds). Clubman93 (the Oracle of Info) will know where that is...

bruce wrote:also a recent-ish thread about a guy who did it to his street car

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And IIRC, Nuddy has also done it even more recently, but not sure if he's provided detail: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=75248

Thank you Oracle.

if you can swing a spanner you be able to do it cheap.

If not, some people have payed around $8K for the conversion

Thanks for the info guys.

$8000 fitted seems a lot for what is essentially labour only and the engine is a drop in.

This is what I am trying to work out....

If a engine is say $1200 surly there is not $7000 in labour??

You ever built an engine and put it in the wrong car and tuned it up all running perfect and warrantied it before, right before paying the rent power insurance and the tax man? It adds up.

Dann

$1200 sounds too cheap for a good engine.The first guy who did it got two dud engines initially, only discovered after installation (multiple engine removals required).

Guys I’m about to go through this. I paid $500 for an alleged 50k km engine - I’m feeling worried

Anyone got a parts and suppliers list? I already have an upgraded header and a new clutch on the 2.0.

search and you will find

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Regie wrote:search and you will find

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Thanks Regie, i saw that and whilst it’s a good list I was hoping there might be some local Aussie suppliers.

I’m assuming you can use the 2.0l ecu?

Appreciate that the ECU-tek tune does give a lot of HP but it’s also not cheap.

2.0l ECU can be used, buy you WILL need to have it tuned for the 2.5. So factor in $1K max for licence, tune, cable etc etc

If u Engineer it add a minimumn $1000 (or easily double that).

bruce wrote:If u Engineer it add a minimumn $1000 (or easily double that).

Having had a look at the Qld transport website it looks like this engine swap doesn’t need engineering.

Ah, Qld, anything goes! Just a cheap mod plate maybe?