January 13, 201511 yr I'm considering buying a rundown 1990 JDM GTii Touring wagon. It has most of the "fruit" which Oz missed out on like Digi dash, 4 speed auto, cruise, headlamp washers, front fogs, ... The biggest problem is the blown (headgaskets) engine for the turbo engine (surprise, surprise). It still runs, but I've got a spider manifold engine from the Vortex/XT and would like to run it instead. It still works perfectly as it was pulled from a converted Vortex that was sideswiped by a truck I'm trying to figure out the wiring. The best option seems to be a patch loom to extend the existing engine loom (which comes out the rear) to join the side loom of the wagon as I have spare loom plugs with wire attached, but I'm having troubles finding either pinouts of the various plugs, or which sensors are in which position on the Spider manifold engine. Does anyone have any info, or can point me in the right direction?
January 14, 201511 yr Are you planning on running the turbo on the Vortex engine? There's a significant compression ratio difference between the two shorblocks. I've seen the spider intakes swapped onto the turbo engines and used with a top mount intercooler, EJ turbo engine style.
January 14, 201511 yr Author The vortex(XT) spider manifold engine is the turbo version already. It's a complete motor I want to swap in. I'm planning on using the water-air intercooler off a 1st Gen RS Turbo mounted where the spare tyre should be. I didn't want to say "turbo" too much in my post to save confusion about which turbo motor I was referring to.
January 15, 201511 yr I'm not really sure that I can offer much other than perhaps schematics, but good luck with this swap. I keep watching for updates!
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