Hello from Noob, JDM 7A-FE Swap Options

[jarasman]

I got the car I wanted back in the day....17 years l8r as a Father/Son project car. I read your rules and crawled all over your huge site. I found lots of great information.

I found a really straight car for 500 and am now looking at a JDM 7A-FE but I was unsuccessful at finding this seemingly str8 forward swap on your site. I've sifted through TONS of great and helpful information tho. My only other swap experience was a Mazda Rotary into a 4wd Suzuki Samurai.

I got the distributor type JDM located, I'm waiting to hear if the injectors are on the intake or head. I have a new head, but with a bad rod bearing I don't want to risk contaminating the newer engine.

Any help would be appreciated, I'll continue to search your site for more information.

[jarasman]

I ordered a rebuilt shortblock, with no core required. I'll get the ST running and have a spare block to tinker with. This gives me time to rebuild the old one and figure out a head swap. It is a little more work than I wanted, but seems to be a safe place to start.

Thanks for the information. It has been very helpful. In my experience nothing is an easy swap and everything costs twice what you expect. I think I have a way to ease into the performance side of swap now.

John