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<blockquote data-quote="Fordzuki" data-source="post: 1304202" data-attributes="member: 17662"><p>When I swap out the 1.3 in my sami, it will be for another 2.3 ford/mazda and five speed like the LJ has. IMHO you can't beat the reliability vs. cost factor. You can find them in just about anything, pinto, ranger, b2300, mustang, bobcat.....for cheap. The first version of the LJ was a 78 Pinto 2.3 with weber and tk 4 speed, picked the truck up for $200 and the motor had a recent rebuild. I BEAT on this motor and trans for about 3 years, and finally swapped it out for the 97 mazda motor and trans because the old pinto motor finally needed a clutch, and I wanted FI. Picked the mazda up for $350.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p> The only other swap I would concider would be a 1.6, only for the simplicity and cost of it. And even then, you're stuck with the sami trans still.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fordzuki, post: 1304202, member: 17662"] When I swap out the 1.3 in my sami, it will be for another 2.3 ford/mazda and five speed like the LJ has. IMHO you can't beat the reliability vs. cost factor. You can find them in just about anything, pinto, ranger, b2300, mustang, bobcat.....for cheap. The first version of the LJ was a 78 Pinto 2.3 with weber and tk 4 speed, picked the truck up for $200 and the motor had a recent rebuild. I BEAT on this motor and trans for about 3 years, and finally swapped it out for the 97 mazda motor and trans because the old pinto motor finally needed a clutch, and I wanted FI. Picked the mazda up for $350. The only other swap I would concider would be a 1.6, only for the simplicity and cost of it. And even then, you're stuck with the sami trans still. [/QUOTE]
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