Later model 4cyl swaps?

[Fuzzylogic]

Hey all,

Just thinking out loud here. I plan on keeping my car as a really nice daily driver for the next 20 years, it's a '93 notch. Has anyone considered any other 4cyl swaps just for fun? The Focus jumps to mind first but I'm sure Ford has several other nice 4 cylinder engines. Maybe I need to wait a few years and just keep working on the interior and suspension and wait for someone to do a nice 4cyl turbodiesel.

I'm just thinking of newer engines, smoother with maybe a little more power with equivalent or better gas mileage. I really want to just have a very nice DD with a reliable, peppy, and efficient engine. Thinking maybe there are other options!

 

[kevinspann]

Well, one option is the Duratech 4 cyl found in later Focuses, and in many mazdas. There is a company that makes a bellhousing that will adapt a T-5 to it. The main two problems you would have are the motor mounts and the wiring harness. You could use a megasquirt system to solve the latter, and use any fab skills to solve the former. It wouldnt be the easiest swap, but its much more doable than a turbo diesel. To make it even better, remember that mazda makes a turbo version of this engine, and its all aluminum, so IMO its the best current choice

 

[Fuzzylogic]

What does Mazda put their aluminum turbo-4 in? Mazdaspeed3 and 6?

 

[scruffman]

megasquirt system ????? what is it?

 

[kevinspann]

Yes the Mazda turbo engine is used in the the 3 & 6.

Megasquirt is a Standalone EFI system

 

[scruffman]

sort of like a throtle body carb, that's fuel injected??

 

[Anlushac11]

The Megasquirt is a homemade computer system designed for use a fuel injection control system.

http://www.megasquirt.info/index.html


The Ford Factory computers are encoded so you can easily modify them if at all.

By using a Megasquirt computer you can do pretty much whatever you want. If you take something like a 2.3L EFI turbo motor you can control every aspect of the fuel system.

Some of the guys on the fordsix.com forums are putting Tempo throttle bodies on a 200 I6 intake uisng a adapter and then controlling it with Megasquirt and getting really good gas mileage and driveability.

 

[scruffman]

ahhh...... thank you for explaining it and the link too.....

 

[kevinspann]

There are also adapters availible to mate the Megasquirt ECU to the 60 ford EEC harness, eliminating the need to rewire the car

 

[Anlushac11]

There are also adapters availible to mate the Megasquirt ECU to the 60 ford EEC harness, eliminating the need to rewire the car

Now that I didnt know and its good info. I have one of the Classic Inlines high swirl aluminum heads for my 3.3L I6 and plan of EFI and turbo and wanted to run a MS2 so knowing the harness is available is gonna help.

 

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Now that I didnt know and its good info. I have one of the Classic Inlines high swirl aluminum heads for my 3.3L I6 and plan of EFI and turbo and wanted to run a MS2 so knowing the harness is available is gonna help.

It's practically plug-and-play (well, after you build everything...)

http://www.megaefi.com/