VR6 to VR6 swap?

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

Hi all,

 

how hard is it to swap a 2.9 VR6 from a corrado to another is it something a reasonable novice could do?

 

I have put a RS2000 engine into a mk5 escort before and used to do a bit of stuff on the g60 like auxillary belts and water pumps etc,

 

Couple of other q's

 

Does the 2.8 match up the same as the 2.9 in terms of fitting is it just the block/bottom end thats bigger due to the extra displacement??

 

Also if the engine is OBD1 and i want to put an OBD2 in whats the difference?

 

If i was to get a garage to change how much do you reckon it would cost for a straight swap?

 

Cheers in advance Andy

[Kevin Bacon 5]

It's piece of cake if it's a like for like swap, i.e. from coilpack to coilpack, or dizzy to dizzy.

 

If you're putting a dizzy engine into a coilpack car, or vice versa, it gets a little more involved, but nothing too major.

 

OBD1 to OBD2 isn't difficult, but you need the correct OBD2 ECU, parts of the loom, throttle, transponder and key etc etc.

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

Kev do you know what years were coil pack and what year was dizzy?

 

thats good about the checklist on the obd2

 

if the engine is a early VR and the replacement was the late VR if i was simply disconnecting the loom sensors ecu etc from the early would they run a later engine on early mgt?

 

i literally mean if i just changed over the bottom end.sump.block.head,manifolds etc

 

Cheers

[was8v 0]

AFAIK:

 

You can keep the dizzy head / management / throttle body etc, just swap the bottom end - but you'll obviously need to split the head and take the opportunity to stick new chains and tensioners on.

 

Or you can just swap the dizzy bits onto the new head I think.

 

Or you can swap the whole new engine and new management and loom over (prob best as the OBDII is better).

 

2.8 blocks work with 2.9 heads and vice versa. There may be small differences in galaxy/sharan engines?

 

Coil packs came in sometime in 1993.