97 Legacy L Auto AWD

May 12, 2011 6 Replies

What's the difference from '95? I have a BHG, and found a '95 with rotted unibody.



My '97 is a 2.2 Auto, the '95 is a 2.2 5-speed. A lot of looking for engines seems to reveal the '97 as having a very narrow range of matching engines and transmissions.



What would be the difficulty in the swap?



My first thought is whether the '95 is OBDII.

Are you also trying to get the transmission swapped in?

maybe I don't understand exactly what you're trying to do.

Yeah, I want to pull the '97 motor and tranny and swap in the '95 motor and 5-speed (97 is Auto).

When I look up replcement motors there is a cut-off at '97, and then again at '98 or '99. It seems this engine is particular to this year and '98.

In addition to anyone commenting here, you should consider asking over at

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. I know there has been a lot of folks there with 'swap' experience in the past.

good luck!

Both engines should be OBD-II. Thinking the 95 will have dual exhaust port heads whereas the 97 will not. just can't swap the exhaust manifold.

Is the rear diff the same 'ratio' w'ever for both trannies?

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