Hi my name is Kira and I from hawaii. I just bought a '97 eclipse RS bone stock. Its 5sp w/ alot of miles, but I really wanted one. The only thing it came w/ was two extra tires and a alpine deck. Later on I was planning on gettin a motor swap not sure how that works. n e ways just wanted to intro. myself




-spaGEHdee

 

Welcome to the forum.......If u have any questions, u'll definalty get them answered and get a lot of help from here. people here are cool and easy to talk to....

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Welcome. The only motor you can swap into it is a 2.4 liter dohc EDZ motor... which only makes an extra 15 hp n/a and you would need to make(becuase they do not sell one) a new front motor mount, cut and weld the oil pan, and get a 1 1/2 inch or greater cow induction hood because the motor sits higher. The best thing to do is a turbo kit for big power but if you want a little go I would suggest getting some bolt on's.

 

Welcome to the site. as already said a motor swap is not worth it just do a build up of what you have and go from there to find yourself some power

 

welcome to the forums...hope you enjoy the time spent here...hows the weather in hawaii? it snowed here in new york today heeheehee

 

For one whole month there was a thunder storm, now the weather is gettin a little better. The reason why I want to swap my motor is because I have over a 100,000 miles on it already. So once its dead I want to swap in a new motor and I was wondering what I would need to do that (like motor, trans, wiring, ect.). So when I get a new motor in I might turbo it, but most likely bolt on's. Thanks for n e advice.



-spaGEHdee

 

100k iasnt too bad, my car has 127 and it still pulls strong. If your going to turbo it though I would say just rebuild it. Check this out if you are truly insstrested in making some power.
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I might not turbo it, so soon, but how long do u think my motor will last. I have 109,354 miles on it as of right now. I want to drop a new motor in when my old motor dies or would it be better to rebuild my old motor now then to buy a new one? I don't want to turbo mai old motor.
thanks for the advice slow 420a

 

Best thing would be to rebuild your motor, their is no fabercation needed and much cheaper to do. How long it will last really depends on the cars condition. I have seen them blow up a 50k I have seen them go all the way to 200k and still run strong. It really comes down to how the last owner cared for the car. If you have bad compression numbers then the motor may fail on you... chances are though just daily driving that motor will take you to an easy 180k with out needing major work(only reason I say that is because you live near the ocean and the air has alot of salt in it). If you were to turbo the car I would expect it to last a 8psi for more them another 20k with that high millage, chances are you will blow the ring land, crack a piston, or spin a bearing.