I am going to be swaping pretty much everything out of my N/A into another N/A body without motor or trans. My body is pretty banged up and i found another rx7 with almost perfect exterior but crappy maroon interior that im going to swap out. I just wanted to know if there is anything i need to know about putting my engine and tranny in this other body like wiring or if some parts need certain application methods.

 

s4 to s4 very easy. s4-s5 or vise versa not as easy..what year is the donor body?

 

Its the same body definantly a s4

 

so i really shouldnt run into any problems, im also gonna put my ecu in it.

 

The ecu is probably still in it.....check the psssenger side floor. It should go in smooth in a day max witn the motor bieng out of the donor already....

 

Is there any parts that need to be grounded or bolted to unpainted metal? because i plan on painting and recoating the whole body.

 

Before you pull apart your current car, TAKE PICTURES. You have no idea how much easier it is if you have something to look at while both cars are in pieces and the engine is in the air. Also, don't forget the resistor pack for the injectors. It is located under the airbox.
The only reason I mentione this is because I did a swap from an 87 base to an 88 GXL and that was overlooked on the process.

 

Be careful with manual versus auto transmissions - the cross-member is different.


-Ted

 

Thanks i never thought of taking pictures, i have a good digital camera. That should help out alot. The car that im transfering over to was a auto (mines a manual) it still has the shifter that i need to get rid of. Is there anything i need to do about that?

 

will the cross member be in the way or be somewhat of a pain in the ***

 

search for auto to manual conversion, it was covered here before

 

I looked in the search found some info and about my only problem would be the mounting brackets. Unless i could get some i think im just gonna have to wait and find a manual rx7 without motor and trans and near perfect exterior.
This is pretty depressing