motor swap and complications with 93 eagle summit

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CandTalways - 10 Dec 2006 06:09 GMT

I have a 93 eagle summit that had a 1.5L engine that i recently just
switched because i had a guy tell me it was compatible with a mirage
91-96.I took a 1.5L from a 96 mirage that i have but after installing i
ran into a few issues.The 96 engine runs a crank sensor and theres a few
fuel hoses that the car doesn't have the hook up for.I was wondering if
there was any way to go around the crank sensor to get the motor to fire
and if i could switch my intake plentium so my fuel hoses are
compatible?If not what would i have to do in order to make this motor work
in this car?

Thanks so much in
advance......

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Stewart DIBBS - 10 Dec 2006 15:24 GMT

>I have a 93 eagle summit that had a 1.5L engine ...I took a 1.5L from a 96
> mirage that i have but after installing i ran into a few issues.The 96
> engine
> runs a crank sensor and theres a few fuel hoses

You most likely can swap the intake plenum. Since the 96 appears to have an
external crank angle sensor and the 93 has the CKP (crank) and CMP (cam)
sensors inside the distributor, the simplest solution would appear to be to
use the orginal distributor. You should realise that the 93 has one O2
sensor and the 94/95 models have two. The 96 probably requires two as well.
Be aware that the O2 sensors are outrageously expensive. One (non-OEM) has a
list of $321 last time I checked. You would need the 96 ECU to go with it
all.

All this comes back to replacing the 96 intake and distributor systems (if
possible) on to the 96 engine core. If swapping the distributor is possible
(it may not be) you are faced with getting schematics for both engines, and
adjusting the 93 wiring to 96 specs. Its not difficult, just tedious, and
the second O2 sensor has to be fitted after the cat.

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