l26 swap into 2nd gen

[sloshman]

After doing a little research, it's possible but I read that there are a few obstacles dealing with the throttle body (keeping the mechanical control), returnless fuel injection amongst others. Are the work-arounds difficult or costly?

[Imp558]

Drive by wire isn't that big of a deal. You'd be best to have a stand-alone conversion done to the engine and then just wire it in.

[Euro]

They're not too bad. I have an L26 in my car(minus the UIM, TB, and fuel rail etc). If you want the L26 UIM I believe there's an adapter to use the L36 tb

[digitaloutsider]

Why bother wasting any time swapping to the L26?

[sloshman]

thanks guys for the clarification. Isn't the adapter sold on zz performance or similar site

 

Well there's a listing for an 05 engine and transmission on craiglist so I wanted to see what challenges were and if it's worth it, Digital. It also seems like l67s and l36s are hard to come by on the west coast so just looking over my options

[hotrodolds]

Yeah, but an L26 doesn't gain you anything. The power and torque numbers are the same. If you want the aluminum UIM, just swap that in. Otherwise, do a top swap, or an L32 swap.

[sloshman]

Yeah, but an L26 doesn't gain you anything. The power and torque numbers are the same. If you want the aluminum UIM, just swap that in. Otherwise, do a top swap, or an L32 swap.

 

hey anything's better than an old 3100 at this point but I understand your point hot rod, the L26 shouldn't really be anyone's first choice given other offerings.