engine 8g or 9g?

My 99 mercury cougar's engine siezed!! so i just got some quotes on engines from a couple salvage yards around here and one asked me if its an 8g or 9g engine....

Whats the difference and would either be compatible? also how do i know which one i need without pulling my engine out?

My 99 mercury cougar's engine siezed!! so i just got some quotes on engines from a couple salvage yards around here and one asked me if its an 8g or 9g engine....

Whats the difference and would either be compatible? also how do i know which one i need without pulling my engine out?

I have no Idea but you might want to ask on newcougar.org.

thanks.. i'll do that, i would ask my "friend" who owns a car shop, but he quoted me at 2700 for an engine swap, so he's no longer a friend that i'll do business with. He's tried to rip me off several times.

His uncle has a salvage yard and in the 2700 quot was a 1100 engine.... yet all the salvage yards around his uncles want 600 for an engine, so forget him!

i really think the differences is minute and wouldn't make a difference better to make sure before i carry on with the swap and it doesn't work out!

thanks guys and take care!

yes i love exclamation marks!

Do the swap yourself not that hard I just did one the hard part is torchiing the crank off the old motor to get to the tranny bolts! Get some friend over to help and a good service manual.