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Eclipse engine swap.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:23 am
by aperson
I'm still researching this so please don't flame me.
I have a friend who has a '97 Eclipse and has the 420A 2.0l motor in it. I'm thinking that since getting a 4g43 motor in it will be a pain in the ass because of the motor mounts, what about an SRT4 motor? Can somebody point me in the right direction for something like this?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:22 am
by hansken_yo
Wait... you want to put an SRT engine in an Eclipse? Hell if you have the money you can do anything.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:46 pm
by slaw
that concepts always ran thru my mind
ive always wanted to get a 1st gen eclipse like i used to have and swap an srt4 drivetrain into it
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:41 pm
by heyitsstock
dsmtuners.com
i think thats the bigger forum
....waiting for mox to chime in
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:02 pm
by bone-yard-racing
Some NA eclipse guys have done the 2.4 swap it isnt too much different than a neon one so the SRT would be similar as well.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:22 pm
by hansken_yo
weren't the 1gn and same period eclipse built on the same platform?... I thought I heard something about that a long time ago, so if that is the case then I can't see why it work then since people put srt engines into 1gns.... I dunno.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:28 pm
by jetas
Ask Preston... He swapped the head so maybe he could give you some pointers. lol
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:39 pm
by heyitsstock
^^ ahahah
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:19 pm
by aperson
jetas wrote:Ask Preston... He swapped the head so maybe he could give you some pointers. lol
Nah I'm good.
My big concern is getting the motor and trans mounted to the car. My second concern is will the axles bolt up or will we have some fabbing to do there?
Thanks for the info guys, I'm off to do more research.