So i found a parts car locally for cheap. Its an 96 EA82 carb'd sedan with the DR i was going to take for my loyale. Thing is its in better shape body wise than my rust buckett. I searched a bit, and help me if im wrong, but if you were to transplant my SPFI EA82 into his Carb'd EA82 you would have to do wiring harness fun. Am i right? If not is it a pretty straight forward drop in and drive swap? Thank you

And just for fun or reference heres a pic of both cars. Mine is the wagon.

Yes. I'd consider swapping the harness, since you have the whole thing anyway. The big differences are in the legths from the engine to under the dash.

dang i was hoping that wasn't the case. If i have to splice harnessed might as well grab a Ej22. Thanks!

There is documentation on the board about doing a SPFI conversion on the older EA81's, using a EA82 SPFI for parts.

 

I would follow that guide, as it will most likely be the same for your EA82 when it comes to wiring harness & ecu. The carb motor has really no ECU at all that can control the engine. The SPFI on the otherhand requires a ECU in order to even fire. There's no way around it.

Ok been thinking again, what about swapping just my block and using its existing carb system? would that work and there would be no wiring involved?

what about swapping just my block and using its existing carb system?

 

That would work. I swapped a carbed EA82 engine into a SPFI car - but I kept the SPFI the car came with - just swaped the intake manifolds. SPFI has more power.

Ok Thank you for the input. before i pull the trigger on this project, would anyone else give supporting feedback to the swapping blocks? I mean will taking a FI'd block and putting it in a Carb'd car work? Bolt in and go right? Thanks

 

Oh and on the power issue, would removing the AC and removing the belt driven fan and installing a second eletric fan bring the power up? I would probably strip all the EFI stuff for a later date when im feeling comfortable with wiring it up.

The A/C only loads the engine when it is on. You can feel the A/C compressor when it engages. I doubt you could feel the difference with the fan change. You can feel the difference between SPFI vs Carbed.