Could you put this engine in a mazda??

you could

those direct bolt into the pre 85's.. but with some time and $$ you could, but i think an fe3 with a turbo would be better

yes you can. my buddy just put one in his mazda. you have to have the wiring harness from the turbo coupe also

I had a nonturbo 2.3 in one of my old mazdas. It was bitchin. Mine had a BorgWarner T5 out of a mustang, Eventhough the motor mounts didn't bolt up they still lined up. With a little fab work it worked great. The shifter even came through the stock hole. Ialso used the entire wire harness and gauge cluster from the Mustang. My Mazda even had a Ford key.

you can see the stock mustang intake tube. Unfortunatly this is the only pic of the motor I have.

I sent the guy a question, hes in the same city as me. I've heard of these being a direct swap but I havent seen anything on them.

If I can get a pic of a motor mount I will probably get it.

Only thing I'm worried about is the computer and junk like that.

well i'm glad someone can use it I think i'm gonna go with the fe3 swap anyways...

guy had a long bed 87 with a 2.3 Merkur motor and tranny and turbo on ebay a couple of years back.same engine and tranny.truck ran 14s in the quarter-it was bad Ass with a capital A.Lol.He had to go to solid motor mounts cause the truck had so much torque it kept breaking the stock ones.also about the same time, another dude had a sb 90 model with a 2.5 liter Volvo 4 banger and tranny.It looked really good in the engine bay.Has anyone seen or heard of that truck or another Volvo swap?bj

Reading this thread has once again convinced me to spend more cash by building another 2.3 like my race motor. I had pondered this swap in the past but, didn't think it would work just by the difference in transmission size. I figured sure the shifter would be way under the dash, given the really long tranny in a Mazda.