engine swap for eclipse ?

[helliviknow]

im not saying its logically or anything im just saying if you got a eclipse gst with a 4g63 thats awsome but if you have a eclipse sporting a 2jz or some shit peeps are gonna stop and drop der mouth.. i mean cmon this is america its all about wasting money right?

[mavisky]

Originally Posted by Stratocaster5292

I dont know that much about Mitsubishis or Eclipses, but wont a 6cyl from a mitsu FTO fit right in? They have the same chassis.

they're not teh same chassis, just similar in size on the outside. they have almost nothing at all in common partwise between them other than the mitsubishi emblem.

[Emmaculate]

Well I kno I'm kind of a newbie here but, from do a lil reasearch this is whut i heard. If you can get ahold of an evo 8 engine (inline 4g63) i hear that can be swapped pretty nicely. Since the 4g63 from the 1st and 2nd gen eclipse bolt up on the passenger side thats whut makes the cost so high. But the evo 8 engine bolts up on the driver's side aka same as a rs/gs eclipse. Hope that helped a lil.
J.Diddy

[roundworldsobig]

WOOOAH ! is what emmaculate said true? can someone back that up ? cause i would love an evo 8 engine =]

is the evo 8 engine reliable ? and is what emmaculate said true ..

[mavisky]

Originally Posted by Emmaculate

Well I kno I'm kind of a newbie here but, from do a lil reasearch this is whut i heard. If you can get ahold of an evo 8 engine (inline 4g63) i hear that can be swapped pretty nicely. Since the 4g63 from the 1st and 2nd gen eclipse bolt up on the passenger side thats whut makes the cost so high. But the evo 8 engine bolts up on the driver's side aka same as a rs/gs eclipse. Hope that helped a lil.
J.Diddy

well the simple fact that the engine bolts up on the same side is of little help at all since you'd have to custom fabricate engine mounts regardless of what engine you used. you still don't have a transmission that will bolt up to it and be fwd unless you specially modify the awd tranny to run just the front diff (can be done).

in all honesty folks, the best bet is to simply turbo the 420a with a turbo kit from hahn racecraft or star turbo systems. for half the cash you'd be farther ahead than a motor swap. for the same money as what the swap would cost you could replace rods and pistons as well as throwing in a hot set of cams as well.

no offense but i've been working on these cars for the last 7 years including swapping a 4g63 into my 92 esi. it can be done on a first generation, but even then its not that good of a deal as compared to just buying a factory turbo car.