transplate a T3 into a 2.5 engine bay?

[bahelion89]

well ive been looking at a few rust free cars that are in my neighborhood and i was wondering what it would take to put my T3 into a 2.5 engine bay? are the mounts different? what electronics need to be swapped? what needs to be done with the brakes and suspension?

im kinda flying in the dark on this one. never really considered doing it but cars around here are clean and its cheaper then doing bodywork.

[Lotashelbys]

What cars are you looking at? An easy swap would be a 90-92 2.5 turbo car as the electronics would be pretty easy to convert. The TIII motor would drop right in them considing its a 5 spd car to start. If you find a rust free 92-93 Daytona just transplant everything under the engine bay over to that and you will be good to go. Need more in on cars you are looking at.....

[bahelion89]

There's been 2 92-93 Es that have popped up and 3 92-93 irocs it would b nice to do a vin swap resto mod

[Lotashelbys]

As long as the ES cars are V6 you could just swap out everything under the hood of your Iroc and be good to go. The V6 Irocs would be the best choice as they also have the same suspension and big brakes as yours....

[bahelion89]

I'm not as concerned with the suspension as the time its going to take to transplant the engine and Trans I will end up stripping everything off my iroc Rt and swapping it but the engine will be the hardest

[capev86]

what happened to your car? didn't know rust was much of problem in Arizona. that does suck to have to part out an original iroc r/t, there were so few to begin with.

[bahelion89]

I've only been in Arizona for 6 months. Me and the car have been in Wisconsin most of our lives. the point of a vin swap restore is to use a better body but all the parts of the original car. So its not a true part out.

[turbovanman]

Its easy, it will drop right in, 90 plus is better for the cars due to the SBEC.