Ford tempo 2.3 in a ford escort gt

390bigblock-power
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:40:01 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I am a 15 year old and I am working on a car to drag race next year. I have acquired a 1988 ford tempo GL with a 2.3 HSC 4-cylender and automatic transmission for cheap (like almost free cheap.) All the motor needs is a head gasket. I have already taken the motor and transmission out of the car to repair it. Before I install it I was wondering how hard it would be to install this motor in a Ford Escort GT. How much extra work do you think I would have to do to install this motor into an Escort? The motor mounts look the same but i was wondering how much electrical I would have to change and if everything would line up correctly. I just thought that this would be a more nicer car than a tempo because it is getting harder to find a tempo that has minimal rust and a strait body like the Escort I found. I know the car will not be super fast but I figured it would be a good starter car before I move to something faster. I thought it would be a interesting project.

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