hello...i'm thinking about purchasing an 87 turbo II with a blown motor and i was wondering if i can drop in any jdm turbo II motor in it without any complications...thanks in advance

If you use an 87-88 engine, it's pretty easy. If you use an 89-91, you have to change some stuff. Check out the second gen section for details.

yah, theres a thread on this right now, super easy



mike

how can you tell what year the engine was made?

the 86-88 engines have a 2 bolt aluminum thermostat cover, a mechanical metering pump, a single tps, the twin scroll turbo, aluminum fuel rails.



the 89-91 engines have a 3 bolt plastic t stat cover, an electric metering pump, dual tps's, stamped fuel rails, and the knock sensor is in the rear rotor housing above the spark plugs



mike

or you can do like me and put a 350 chevy V-8 in it and really kick some ass..



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