Hi all,

First of all I've done a search and did find a few threads about the B18C2 conversion on an EK1 but I'm just after some straight up answers so help me out if you can and thanks in advanced.

Never thought this could be part of my plans but a mate of a mate has recently wrecked a 98 DC2 B18C2 (150k kms) and I could get hold of the entire car for about $2k.

Everything in the engine bay is good besides the radiator which is no longer usable.

Questions:

  1. I believe 2k is reasonably cheap considering a half-cut would cost approximately 4-5k? Is it worth it?
  2. I also understand that it's not legal to put a 98 engine into my 00 EK, is there absolutely no way around this? Is this law dependent on state or is it national?

I suppose if it is no way legal then I might have to give this a pass. If there's a way around this then I might seriously consider it and weight the time vs cost if I'm doing it with my mate or getting someone else to do it for me.

Thanks again!