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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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Question Total MR swap

hey gang just need a lil info. I havean 03 evo8 shell with everything in it except engine tranny and transfercase. im going to soon purchase a crashed 05 MR.id like to swap the engine tranny xfercase from the MR to the shell. Is there a forum section with help on what i would need to consider before doing the swap(6speed vs 5 speed, diff ecu and would i have to also swap the wiring harness?) thanks
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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03-04s don't have ACD so with 05-06s theres a ACD computer and harness so im not sure but that pry comes into play with your ECU but i'm not sure....6 speed vs 5 speed i say 5 speed is better for drag racing and the 6 speed is better for auto x bc theres 6 speed guys swapin in 5 speed trannys or the 5 speed 4th gear....i think all the evo 8 and 9 ecus are the same i just don't know how the ACD computer and harness come into play

the 9s have MIVEC so you might not be able to use that ecu on an 8 engine
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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thanks for the reply.The reason im postin this is beause im trying to go the "cheap" route.the shell is $8k and the crashed MR is $4k so i figure 12k plus cost to do swap is kinda cheap only no warrentty lol what do you think? also is there a thread on swapping engines tranny xfercase?
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 08:21 AM
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bump for some info
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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any more thoughts or advice?i plan on getting both evos in 2 days.
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 06:29 AM
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I'd say, if you wanna do it, do it the safe way. If you have both car take everything out of the crashed one, and put it on the other. That way, it'll work for sure
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 07:20 AM
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You'll want to swap all the ECUs, wiring harnesses, etc from the MR to the 03. It will also make things a bit easier as far as the immobilizer if you use the ignition cylinder and keys from the MR if you have them. The physical ECU is the same in both, but the MR will also have the ACD computer that the 03 does not. Other than that, the only other non-Engine bay item to swap is the instrument cluster (also related to ACD).

-Paul
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