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Re: Possible Spirit Project



A: If I found one, it would get a 2.45L AMC motor transplant in a heartbeat! 
In fact, I have a '95 YJ motor with the fuel injection and computer ready to 
put in, but I'm moving so I won't have time to do anything with it. Motor 
needs an oilpan (it was pulled for a V8 swap and the chain they used let 
loose and dented the pan) but $250 takes it! (in Seattle)


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Subject: Re: Possible Spirit Project
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Don't overlook a Spirit with a 2.5 GM engine. While the carbureted version 
of this wasn't necessarily a barn-burner, these are dependable engines and 
provide excellent fuel economy. And, if you want to spice it up a bit, you 
can practically bolt-on an EFI system from any comparable GM product with a 
2.5 (such as an S10 or a Firebird or a Camaro or many multitudes of FWD 
products). Just make sure if you do this that you get an EFI from a GM car 
that still has a distributor on the engine (~1988 or earlier models). Later 
models didn't have a distributor and are a completely different setup. 
Besides that, there are quite a few performance pieces that you can get to 
spice it up even more. The GM 2.5 was used as a hi-po engine in a race 
series (I forget which).
I would conservatively estimate that a 2.5 EFI Spirit with a 5-speed would 
knock down high-20s/low-30s fuel mileage.

Jeff Reeves
Auburn GA
79 Spirit GT
73 Javelin 401
72 Javelin SST

69 Ambassador DPL 





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