Re: 405 engine swap

msavage@juno.com
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:21:50 +0000

Hey Phil,

This was done by the Imported Car Center in Burlington VT (Brian was
aware of this). They put an Mi16 engine into a 405s sportwagon.....I have
no idea whether it had an automatic or manual trans, although the 405S
and Mi16 share the same manual trans I think

Please keep us posted!

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:47:01 -0400 glotfelty@juno.com (Philip R
Glotfelty) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I have an interesting opportunity to put a 1989 Mi16 engine into a
>1991 405S body. Does anyone have any idea how feasible this idea
>might be and more importantly how many hours it might take to make the
>swap?
>
>The 405 S is an automatic transmission and the Mi16's 5spd is history
>so I'll be trying to mate the engine with the ZF tranny.
>
>Thanks for any input
>Philip G
>405's
>
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