anyone running an s14 kat in an s13??

[erollinc]

i was planning on boosting my stock motor of 170k then i checked the comp and it wasnt to my liking so i got an s14 motor with 27k on it ( yes 27k i know the guy who had the car ) and im wondering if i can just get away with swapping intake manis and swaping the distributer?.... id really like to talk to someone whos done it so if anyoe could help me out id appreciate it... the boost goes on as soon as it gets in the car!

also do i need to use the s14 ecu?

thanks alot

jake

[fiznat]

Yeah I did it with my car. Basically the distribuitor and intake manifold (if you care about emissions) need to be swapped. I couldnt tell ya about the ECU though because I used a standalone EMS.

[s13burger]

We have done this with a few of the crate motors that have been installed in customer's cars. The factory ecu has been used most of the time, without any problems.

[fiznat]

Hey Tim, do you have AIM? Id like to chat for a sec...

Mine is "foosternit."

[s13burger]

give me a minute

[DammitBobby]

That is what I am in the process of doing now. I bought a 96 motor with heads, timing chain, oil pump, valve cover and complete intake. The bottom end appears to be exactly the same. The head is slightly different and uses a different valve cover. The intake is also slightly different. The intake off my old engine uses butter fly valves but the new one does not. I plan on using the old intake and everything else that came with my old engine.

[erollinc]

ok so intake and distriubuter need to be swapped and can anyone secondthat i can use the s13 ecu?

[DammitBobby]

If using the head off of a S14 you will need the valve cover as well.

[fiznat]

Bobby, do you need a valve cover? I have one still...

[s13burger]

You will have to use the matching timing covers also. The edges are slightly different on the driver's side of the head.

[DammitBobby]

Actually the valve cover came with mine as well as the timing covers. I guess I am lucky because I didn`t know that I needed those parts when I bought the engine.

[DammitBobby]

I do have a question on my old S13 intake it has butter fly valves inside the intake. I would think would block some of the air at WOT. On the S14 it does not. I am wondering if I could use the S14 intake?

[erollinc]

well as far as timing covers adn valve covers my swap is Complete out of a 96 s14 so it should all be in order i jsut need to swap intakes and disttributers and the s13 ecu should work fine right?

[TheOne]

you can take out the butterfly's, or if you don't care anymore about emissions you should be able to use the S14 manifold.

[DammitBobby]

I live in ALABAMA could someone tell me what Emissions is????

So you are saying that I can run the S14 manifold and it will run with no problems?Has anybody else tried that yet?