Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L

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Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L #739036 07/21/06 01:17 AM

Joined: Jul 2006

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Muscadine, AL

Jayson1

Getting the Wheeling Fever

How hard would it be to swap my 2.3L 4cyl to a 2.8L V6?
Would the transmission bolt up, or would I also have to replace that aswell. I have a spare 2.8 at the house I have kept for a backup for my S-10, but I have never had a use for it so far. Jayson

87 Tropper II, Supewinch Hubs, First big 4x4 test: pulled a 84 Mercury out of a muddy ditch while in park.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	Jayson1	07/21/06 01:17 AM
Re: Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	jezeric	07/21/06 01:34 AM
Re: Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	Jayson1	07/21/06 03:56 AM
Re: Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	Richard Saylor	07/21/06 04:02 AM
Re: Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	Jayson1	07/21/06 04:58 AM
Re: Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	Ed Mc	07/21/06 05:04 AM
Re: Engine swap 2.3L to 2.8L	Jayson1	07/21/06 08:57 PM

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