Thanks everybody. My uncle just gave me his m20 engine from his wrecked e30. It has 150,000 miles on it. How hard is the engine swap? Do I have to pull the transmission with the engine? Or should I just buy a head from a junk yard and put it on my engine? Or should I do an m50 swap? Is the m50 Worth it? Thanks
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Lol most hondas are interference engines, hence the magic
Pulling the engine sans trans is doable but it is a major motherfucker to do, mostly because of how little clearance you have between the trans tunnel and the bellhousing bolts/trans in general. Definitely worth getting a balance bar to pull them both out at the same time
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The quote you referenced is right; finding a definitive answer on whether an engine is interference or not online can be a motherfucker. But when I worked in a shop we had this big ass poster (maybe 5'x5' or so) made by dayco or some other belt manufacturer that had a list of engines, what the recommended intervals were and if they were interference or not.
Almost all new engines are interference... unfortunately it's just something that comes with higher compression rates and tiny combustion chambers / good (or efficient) head design
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Lol... yeah I guess now that you mention it I didn't think about going to the belt manufacturer's site... the internet's changed (for the better) in the last 5-10 years man
Did a little browsing. I was pretty shocked that they had the 2jz and old miata 4cyls listed as non-interference, could've sworn they were valve benders.
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Originally posted by blizake500 View PostThanks everybody. My uncle just gave me his m20 engine from his wrecked e30. It has 150,000 miles on it. How hard is the engine swap? Do I have to pull the transmission with the engine? Or should I just buy a head from a junk yard and put it on my engine? Or should I do an m50 swap? Is the m50 Worth it? Thanks
No, a M50 swap is not worth it.
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Originally posted by jalopi View PostI used to have customers (with hondas, mostly civics) that would insist that I try doing a timing belt job on something that alreadybroke. The hondas seem to be the ones that somehow magially never take damager and run safterwards
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