So I'm in the process of buying a cheap ED9 CRX (D16A8), and before I could do anything a small engine knock developed. The guy took it to his mechanic and he thought it might be the big end bearing going, but he doesn't know. A friend of mine has a crashed EG with a D15B7 and all the other stuff I'd need for a conversion, which he's offered to me for about $300. The guy selling the CRX says he'll buy and swap in the D15 for me with my help, or take off the cost of the D15 and sell it to me as is.
So, I've got three options:
- Buy the car and drive it until something goes bad, then swap in my mate's D15, or possibly a B16 or something if I can afford it
- Swap the D15 in and buy it
- Don't buy it
If I were to swap in the D15, what would that involve? Does it bolt right up? Does the loom plug right in? Will I need the D15's ECU?
Also, if I were to get a recording of what the knock sounds like, do you think you guys could help diagnose it?
Thanks in advance.
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