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Starting motor swap this week!!!!

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Old 08-29-2005, 05:31 PM
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Default Starting motor swap this week!!!!

im going to go ahead and start on my motor swap, so ill have a lot of questions to ask, the one thats been bothering me the most is im goin from sd to maf, am i going to have to swap the whole computer and wiring harness over from my notchback to my gt, and on a notchback, i have the o/r h pipe and will it bolt right up to my gt, or is it designed a little different for the different body styles,
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Old 08-29-2005, 06:10 PM
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yes the o/r h pipe will fit 87-93 GT of LX body styles
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Old 08-29-2005, 07:26 PM
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Ok so the exhaust will work out good but what bout switching from speed density to mass air, will it be just easier to swap the computers out
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you have to swap the computer and the wiring.

for me i just made my own wires. i had the maf plug and about 2ft of wires off it, bought a few ecu pins and a few spools of wire. read some instructions and wired up my car. i wouldnt do the wiring if you werent to comfortable with wiring
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