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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:00 PM
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hey myengine has alot of miles and i dont know how much longer its going to last so im probly replace it and if i any one knew where i could find a 3 rotar engine id rather replace it with that.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:18 PM
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how money do you have excatly? i

not really the cheapest of swaps
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:23 PM
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well its not the cost of putting it in the the cost of buying it
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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Yeah, you can find them. Check ebay, was it rotaryshack that had some for sale a while back? They aren't cheap and the cost of putting one in an FB is pretty high. Alot of time and money involved.

Do a search on the forums here and see if you find any threads that hold info on where to buy them, that's might be your better bet.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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Buying the motor is the CHEAPEST part of the swap, the $10k in parts is the stumbling part. so if you got $15k laying around, show us the money an we will show you the light

Not to be mean, but this comes up a couple times a month. and maybe once a year someone tries to do it.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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How many miles do you have?
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:40 PM
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when i first got my car i thought the same thing

"bolt it in and lets go"

but it just isnt that easy, and when you read the posts of the others who have tried/done it you see every little problem they run into and see that the money runs up quick.

i even have a metal shop (dad owns it) and i STILL wouldnt want to bite into a project like this.

i say rebuild your engine. maybe a turbo if you want more horses. along with a port job. you may not stand out among us as much as with a 3 rotor. BUT you can still spank most cars on the road.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:45 PM
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I agree with the posters in this thread. Try your hand at removing the 12A and getting it ported and rebuilt. It's too soon for you to consider a 20B swap, not to mention all the research that you haven't done yet, money that you haven't saved up yet, etc.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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I'm curious about the mileage too. Mine has 226,000+ on it, and going up quickly. At least...the odometer does. Never know about engines in 20yr old cars without any documentation.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 11:31 PM
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hundred forty thousand some
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 11:52 PM
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i'd say forget the 20b and go 13b-re i know there's some ppl on this forum and/or other's that have around 300 or so hp with few mod's and it's a much easier swap, let alone much cheaper
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 01:01 AM
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Originally posted by thafox
i'd say forget the 20b and go 13b-re i know there's some ppl on this forum and/or other's that have around 300 or so hp with few mod's and it's a much easier swap, let alone much cheaper
Much cheaper?? Not by much man.
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