Will a '96 engine work in a '91?

[acylon]

Solved, Thanks... Will a '96 engine work in a '91?

A guy wants to buy my bad '96 LC engine and rebuild it for his '91 LC. Is this a possible swap? What would make it easy?
Both have bad rod bearings, so just the blocks need to interchange....
Thank you for your input.

 

[thekirk]

Just off the top of my head, I'd have to say this is going to be a bitch.

For starters, he's got a 3FE. You have a 1FZ-FE. Totally different computers, totally different, well, darn near everything. I'm not sure about the motor mounts, but if he's going to do something like this, he probably needs to find an entire front clip from a later model year in order to get everything he's going to need to swap over.

It isn't as easy as you might think, looking at things...

 

[Beowulf]

Is this a possible swap? What would make it easy?

Yes this swap is possible, but it's not going to be easy. Tranny and Xfer is different. ECU is different, wiring harness, OBD-II, all sensors, and on and on. 91 has exhaust on the left side, 93-97 have exhaust on the right side. You would want a donor vehicle on hand.

-B-

 

[acylon]

Thank you, I guess I will bail on the idea.