So i got a 13b-REW tp swap into my FB (1983 gs). Its essentially a longblock its all ripped apart but i have every piece of the engine to exclude stock oil pan (i dont need it ne ways), Stock front cover (i have a gsl-se ne ways) and the stock turbo stuff (turbos+manifold) but i planned on going single anyways.

Now heres my dillema from what i have read you cant use the stock ignition with the magnetic pickups with a gsl-se front cover. Idk why to be honest but what would be my best alternative. I do not have the skill to weld in a FD subframe nor do i really want to ide rather just mount it on the stock points. So do i have a good alternative?? Can i use 2nd gen ignition setup like people do on the t2 swap??

Also on a side note the guy provided me with all of the hard seals that came out of the engine that are within spec. I know i shouldent reuse any seals if at all possible but ive herd people say there are certain ones you can reuse. I didnt get too good of a search result on (reuse seals) lol any insight on that would be awesome as well.


Sorry if i asked dumb questions that were allready asked before but at least what i can tell from the build thread section this isnt as common as doing a t2 swap lol.

:edit: IM going to be running a stock wiring harness with a haltech ECU becuase i know i wont be able to run a stock ecu with this setup. Thanks

 

Found a write up on the REW swap. Sorry for the dumb Q. Im still curious about reuse of the hardseals. Thanks

 

The hard seals can be reused. But it is good to know which slot they came out of. Since you don't know, now you just have to sit there and hand fit each seal into each slot until it fits properly. I'm talking mainly about side seals here, but corner seals are also important.

 

Cool thanks.