Alright, the official beginning of documenting my summertime project.
Now while i did get this engine a year ago, i decided to not start the thread until I started getting more serious about the swap because I didnt want to start the thread and then have it remain dormant for a year.
So anyways, the donor vehicle is a 1997 Kia Sephia with the obvious BP 1.8L engine.
The destination chassis is my current 1998 Protege SE mtx with the 1.5L Z5
Some pictures for you, the first one is the donor car...
second is my ecu, from a 1997 Mazda Protege 1.8L MTX
third and fourth are closeups of the BP
fifth is my ****ty Z5
Now the history of the engine is, that the owner had ****ty tires and rear ended someone... the car then being towed and when parked it was hit again in the rear... at that point they decided to sell it for parts cause it was NWR
Now the vehicle was NOT maintained well at all, however it did only have 66,000 miles on it.
It was an automatic also.
As for the future plans, this is what im doing...
I am using the Kia harness and using the necessary connectors from that to modify my Z5 harness... to make it into a BP harness
I am then going to use my current F25MR tranny and an OEM clutch.
I also have an FSM and wiring diagram book intransit
However, before the swap commences, i am going to be doing a complete engine rebuild... however that is still being planned, so I will post more details about that once I decide what parts are going in.
Enjoy the pics!
Now while i did get this engine a year ago, i decided to not start the thread until I started getting more serious about the swap because I didnt want to start the thread and then have it remain dormant for a year.
So anyways, the donor vehicle is a 1997 Kia Sephia with the obvious BP 1.8L engine.
The destination chassis is my current 1998 Protege SE mtx with the 1.5L Z5
Some pictures for you, the first one is the donor car...
second is my ecu, from a 1997 Mazda Protege 1.8L MTX
third and fourth are closeups of the BP
fifth is my ****ty Z5
Now the history of the engine is, that the owner had ****ty tires and rear ended someone... the car then being towed and when parked it was hit again in the rear... at that point they decided to sell it for parts cause it was NWR
Now the vehicle was NOT maintained well at all, however it did only have 66,000 miles on it.
It was an automatic also.
As for the future plans, this is what im doing...
I am using the Kia harness and using the necessary connectors from that to modify my Z5 harness... to make it into a BP harness
I am then going to use my current F25MR tranny and an OEM clutch.
I also have an FSM and wiring diagram book intransit
However, before the swap commences, i am going to be doing a complete engine rebuild... however that is still being planned, so I will post more details about that once I decide what parts are going in.
Enjoy the pics!
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