readdy to run escort engine in a ford probe

starting my swap a 1984 ford escort sohc ford escort engine in a 1997 ford probe
alot more work then you think. but will be worth it .

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[EYEReive]

is it possible to drop a MX3 1.8 v6 K8-DE or K8-ZE into a 2.0 4cyl Ford Probe?

[88ESCORTGT]

@EYEReive Yes if you have wirering harnest and ecu and cross member and motor mounts. But usaly people go the other way they drop the probe V6 in the MX3

[88ESCORTGT]

@EYEReive Yes it will fit since you have the 2 cars with all the parts you need.

[88ESCORTGT]

well little do you know. this engine is caburated so no programing for emision.

this little engine can turn at 7200rpm all day I got 2.85 gears in this car in 2nd gear I wil lrun 6.04 final gear that mene on my home track I will rev at 6600rpm at 90mph

and doing a lap at about 20sec's that is a top 5 runner at my track it;s a small track and because of the rules I could not use the V6 2.5L other wise I sure would yes it is stronger but its very heavy compared to this 1.9L new update soon

[88ESCORTGT]

the racing rules are . swaping of 120hp MAX 4 cylinder engine only. since this had a V6 I could not use the engine. so now i got a body that will cornner like it on rails. and a engine that can rev pass 7000rpm all day long . But I have a other engine has a spare if this does not work out.

[EYEReive]

@88ESCORTGT but the motor mounts are in the exact same place on the probe and mx 3 there in the same place

[EYEReive]

@88ESCORTGT aren't the motor mounts in the same location? and I have the complete MX3 and probe, so i could take the ECU and wiring harness from it?

[jedimasterlink7]

wait a second... is that thing carberated? i really hope not. going from fuel injection to carbaration- from a bigger engine to a smaller engine- and a faster one to a slower one- i'm guessing if its carberated it probably gets worse gas milage too...

[jedimasterlink7]

... probes arn't the best cars in the world at cornering. i'm not saying their bad but their not like a RX7 or a Fiesta. i would have just not competed in that compition or race, whatever it was. that 2.5 V6 is awesome, especially if you swap it for the KLZE style. when i had a 91 '"'GL'"' probe it beat a Escort ""GT"" no problem. idk it just seems like alot of work and not a good reason

[kennethkitchens]

@1997FordProbeGT ... go fuck ur self these engines run strong and good i have a 1988 escort gt and it will out do anything u got