95 Engine Swap in 97 GST

[Antonio Brown]

Will a 1995 gsx engine fit in my 1997 eclipse GST 5 Speed (2.0L, turbo, (VIN F, 8th digit), thru 3/2/97) (Production Date: Oct 1996 my car's info) And if it doesnt then what will I need to do it? I just bought the engine and the swap will be performed at a mechanic shop.

 

[2gGst98]

Yes it will fit . Cam sensor is different so you need to swap plug wires.

This has some good info for your swap.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/cam-angle-sensor-question-95-engine-in-a-97.340349/

 

[JKart]

I agree... You will need to swap some of the harness and even rewire w/c is very minimal work.

 

[Antonio Brown]

Yes it will fit . Cam sensor is different so you need to swap plug wires.

This has some good info for your swap.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/cam-angle-sensor-question-95-engine-in-a-97.340349/

What kind of plug wires?

 

[Antonio Brown]

I agree... You will need to swap some of the harness and even rewire w/c is very minimal work.

Which harness and whats the w/c? How easy is both what would I have to do?

 

[Jerzm3]

I would just swap the intake cam and cam gear so you can use the 97 cam sensor. This way there is no rewiring or plug wire swapping. End of story. Lol

 

[2gGst98]

+1 on what jerzm3 said.

No new plug wires just different order on the coils. But like stated above, that would be the easiest as no wiring or changing wires.

 

[19Eclipse90]

Just to clarify -- with the proposed swap, you'd be swapping the intake camshaft from the '97 into the '95 engine in order to retain the original ('97) CAS that would match the '97 ECU. What year the engine comes from has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not the plug wires need to be switched. It is only a matter of what year CAS and what year ECU are being used and whether or not the two are directly compatible; everything else is secondary to that.

To expound a little further and if I recall correctly, the 2Gb heads do not have an existing dedicated spot for the 2Ga CAS. In order to install the 2Ga CAS on a 1G or 2Gb head, one would have to follow the process outlined in the left frame here: http://www.roadraceengineering.com/1g2gheadswaptechtip.htm