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Thread: How easy?

  1. #1
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    Default How easy?

    Is it to transplant a 4efte in where a 4efe was?

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    getting the motor in there is the easy bit

    the wiring is the hard bit

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    for a mech, its a 4 hr job to get the motor in and all that.

    As jezza said, wiring is the hard bit. Auto electrician and $500 and your pretty much done.

    Ivanq

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    Me, my dad and uncle could put the motor in but why is the wiring so difficult?

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    If sourcing your 4EFTE via a Glanza V front cut in the matching year as your EP91 then your wiring hassles will be greatly reduced to the point where it could be called a plug "n" play swap. '96 to '97 should be the same wiring and '98 to '99 should be the same. People who have swapped a '96/'97 engine to a '98/'99 car and vice versa have found substantial wiring differences.

    If sourcing your 4EFTE via an EP82GT Front cut the wiring colouring and destinations are totally different and will require tracing out the wires one at a time which can take quite some time. Took me two days but others have done it quicker. Mechanically they fit the same as the 4EFE and Glanza 4EFTE.



    Good luck.

    Dave
    Last edited by Hillclimber; 21-06-08 at 05:26 PM.

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    Yeah i would hopefully switch to a 99 EP91 so you reckon get the motor from a 98/99 glanza.

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    Just to add,

    It can also be done the lazy 'plug and play' way by sourcing a suitable donor vehicle. Approach the task as you would in reshelling a vehicle.

    I used this method in my trackcar and didn't even lift a soldering iron.

    Cheers,

    Jay

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