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Old 06-15-2012, 08:04 AM
mastergilly mastergilly is offline
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Default engine swap ideas?

im looking to buy my friends '94 2.3 4 cylinder but im not shore it has the power im looking for, im into drifting and some quarter mile draging, but the 4cylinder dosent have the power, anyway dose any one know of any cheap easy engine/transmition swaps, i dont want to buy the truck if i cant have some fun, im thinking v6 nothing to powerful and it has to be manual, please send back with ideas, thanks
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Old 06-15-2012, 08:54 AM
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Define cheap. Engine swaps really aren't easy. They can be worth while but even pulling and installing the same engine isn't easy. There is a lot to do and a lot that can go wrong.
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Old 06-15-2012, 09:27 AM
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Default Re: engine swap ideas?

easy as in its been done before and its not much over $800 for the block.

thanks for the ideas
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