My 90 GXL is find and dandy with its 13B. No leaks, not odd sounds, good enough for what i need form her. now my good friend wants to sale me his S4 Turbo II running premix, i can get it for a nice amount of cash almost like hes giving it to me. i'll get the entire 88 10YA T2 but he wants to destroy the chassis when i'm done with it. he said its possessed just like CHRISTINE from stephen King. uhh.....drugs are bad mmK ? but here is my question....

If i get the Engine, tranny, drive shaft, 3rd member, half shafts...... will it all bolt right in? can i do the entire swap over in a full day? i know i can use the N/a wire harness. is ther going to be anything else thati must know or need that would make me reconsider this swap?

your info is appreciated :P

 

Would probably be tough to do the whole swap in a day, but not out of the question for a long weekend if you are very familiar with the car of have help.

Remember to use the S5 Non turbo harness, you will need to pull the top of the intake off and re-do the injector plugs, as well as re-route and extend some of the other wires.

Then you have the issue of the ECU. Since the S5 non turbo ECU won't run the S4 motor, and the S4 ECU uses a slightly different wiring and plug layout than a S5, you will have to re-pin and/or modify the S5 non turbo harness to work with the 88 Turbo ECU.

Just not the simplest swap...

 

Ok awesome I will have plenty help and i love using the car care facilities on the nearest military base. I'll have to do more research. thanks