wakingtowinter Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Swapping a used ea82 into my 89 GL. Came with no intake, PO said it was carbed. All the pulleys on my old one were for V belts but the new one has pulleys for the flat, grooved style belts. I would just swap all the old pulleys onto the new engine but the old crank pulley is stuck on (I tried a 5 foot cheater pipe) and it got cracked somewhere along the way anyway. Now I will also need a alternator pulley for the flat belt since the new engine came with no alternator. I've looked on rock auto and every application I looked at between 1985 and 1994 uses a V belt. So what year/model used a flat belt? Would I just be better off getting a new crank pulley and swapping the old pulleys onto the new engine? Either way I have to hunt down a pulley, although I'm guessing the V belt crank pulley will be easier to find than the flat belt alternator pulley. Edited March 26, 2014 by wakingtowinter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Can you take any photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subruise Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 other than experimental engines the ea82 never came with flat belts. the er27 (a ea82 and a half) did have flat belts im pretty sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 XT engines have that multirib pulley......but that would be dual port heads... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subruise Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 XT engines have that multirib pulley......but that would be dual port heads... forgot about the mpfi 4 bangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 It would be from 4 cyl xt mpfi turbo and non turbo. The heads should have dual ports as xt never came with carb or spfi. You might be into swapping heads to use a carburetor. otherwise, it could have been carb or spfi that was converted to flat belts from an xt if it has flat belts, it would have a 105mm water pump. you will need a 110 mm water pump and the correct pulley if converting it back to v belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakingtowinter Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 oh this is just beginning to get interesting, isn't it...I was planning on just bolting on my old intake (SPFI). is that not going to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 oh this is just beginning to get interesting, isn't it...I was planning on just bolting on my old intake (SPFI). is that not going to work? Can you take any photos? Yes, post Photos in order to properly answer your Question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakingtowinter Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 What should I take photos of? Just the pulleys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subruise Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 the whole motor youre trying to install would be good to photograph. if you have dual intake ports on your head an spfi intake wont work. youll need the mpfi "spider" intake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Describe the intake ports. MPFI has a dual intake port, and SPFI/carb, has single ports. An mpfi has a runner style intake. the SPFI is a throttle body. A carburetor is a carburetor. Any combination of your 2 engines will bolt up, depending on your skill and labor. An 89 GL would be SPFI unless it was turbo. a dual port mpfi head would not work with a spfi/carb intake. What is your reason for swapping engines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakingtowinter Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 The heads are definitely mpfi. Dual ports, so yeah my old intake will not work. I looked in one of the spark plug holes and the pistons are the regular non-turbo pistons. Reason for swapping the engine is it had no oil pressure and sounded like it had piston slap. Then the clutch fork went so I figured I'd do it all at once. If I get an mpfi intake are there any issues with hooking it up to my existing harness and plumbing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakingtowinter Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Ok, got the answer to that question. Did some more reading and found that the work would be similar to an EJ swap so now I am leaning toward swapping the SPFI heads onto the new block and going from there. Can this be done with the engine in the car? Just dropped it in on Sunday and now I find this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 yes, 4 cylinder non-turbos are actually easy to swap heads in the vehicle. no big deal. i prefer to leave them in the vehicle they're so easy. air tools makes it even nicer zipping all those bolts out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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