So I made the first pass through Jim's swap manual last night, and while it contains a ton of useful info, it definitely generated a bunch more thought and questions. The wiring still seems a bit intimidating as I've only done serious mechanical work on non-computer cars.
I think the obvious direction for me to go is to back-date the engine to OBDI, as described in the manual and in lots of other places. Since I don't have any O2 sensors on the donor car, I would need to procure 4 verses just one for 1 for OBDI, which helps off-set some of the cost of buying the other OBDI components (harness, DME, intake, cam sensors, crank sensors, etc. etc). While I have all the OBDII EWS stuff in the donor, getting a DME without EWS would certainly rule out some potential issues at start-up.
Definitely going to just keep driving the 4 banger until I get more of the required parts collected. Maybe this will turn into a Thanksgiving swap marathon. |