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Old 08-13-2014, 09:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by War_Wagon View Post
Bah, it's an Si! It should have dawned on me when the factory tach showed such a high redline. I double checked and it is a 1.6L. The trans has to come out to fix the throw out bearing, and a trans swap would be easy at that point to a CX trans etc. But then, it is a non-riced out, un butchered Si, maybe I should just leave it as is and get rid of it, it's probably worth more with the Si gearbox in it. I want something as highway friendly as possible. The search for the ultimate, non-heat score winter beater continues ha ha
Tbh you could probably sell that engine and tranny and buy the 1.5 engine along with a CX or VX tranny and have spare change.

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