TajMan Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Say you had an '89 Loyale ea82 mpfi car with a bad engine rattle, probably a thrown rod. Now, I have an ea81 engine from an '84 Brat. Would it be possible to swap into this Loyale and maintain all the engine electronics and mpfi that is already there? I know the slight differences between the ea81 and ea82 flywheels. Would this require anything, like a custom intake manifold to bolt the mpfi stuff to the ea81 heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukiru Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 the mpfi has dual port intake heads. you can put any Ea82 block in with your intake and heads. but using the mpfi on the EA81 isn't easily do-able. unless you have a ea81 turbo engine laying around to take parts from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TajMan Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 ok thanks I just cut up one 84 Brat parts car, and I have my 83 Brat that still drives- waiting for 5-speed swap to be started/completed (I just need a pressure plate/TOB) And I was considering this '89 Loyale for sale for $200 with the engine problem.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 ok thanksI just cut up one 84 Brat parts car, and I have my 83 Brat that still drives- waiting for 5-speed swap to be started/completed (I just need a pressure plate/TOB) And I was considering this '89 Loyale for sale for $200 with the engine problem.. You know the ea82 might just be ticking it's tick. This is easily fixable and is caused by low oil pressure. If the "rod" you're talking about it have possibly been thrown is a "pushrod" as in a pushrod engine, you need not worry about that. I don't think any ea82s were OHV engines.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 An 89 would be SPFI and YES the EA81 can be made to work with it. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TajMan Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 sale pending with someone else on that car, but yeah owner just said in ad it was ticking bad sounded possibly like a thrown rod good to know about possibilities though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redscab Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 a crunched rod bearing will be tons louder than a "tick" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Probably just lifters. Rod knock is a very violent sound and it changes pitch and frequency seemingly all by itself. Ticking is lifters - almost certainly. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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