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Old 06-17-03, 04:31 PM
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Can a 1989 13BT fit in 1988 chasis?

RX7 newbie here.
I'm trying to find out if a 1989 turbo engine can fit in a 1988 chasis. The exterior look the same to me but I just want to make sure.

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yes same car. minor changes
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Re: Can a 1989 13BT fit in 1988 chasis?

Originally posted by kalasend
RX7 newbie here.
I'm trying to find out if a 1989 turbo engine can fit in a 1988 chasis. The exterior look the same to me but I just want to make sure.

thx
ben
man you need to do some searching!
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Re: Re: Can a 1989 13BT fit in 1988 chasis?

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man you need to do some searching!
Just spent you couple words and saved me couple minutes

By the way, I'm trying to decide on rebuilding or swapping. Rebuilding is $$$. Swapping is cheaper but still a used motor and no guarantee for goodness.
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Swaping is not cheaper. A rebuild costs 1k a TII engine tranny driveshaft diff. ECU/standalone is into 2800 or even past 3k.


Santiago

PS if you want turbo buy a TII that is cheaper than a swap.
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1k? You sure about this?
I've asked two shops in my area, both claim to be rotary experts. Cost at least upper 3k.
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I think at $1k he means either doing it yourself or sending it to Kevin.

$3K would be right if you don't do any of the labor yourself (You might trust someone else to work on a RX-7... I wouldn't).
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