TRanny bell hosuing swap info and help please

I have recently came across information that leads me to believe I can swap the bell housing and tail housing off a new 86-93 mazda b2200 or b2000 and then use it to mate up a to a also newer 2.2 motor for my 1984 b2000 sundowner. I was looking to rebuild my motor but that 2.2 would be nice, truck is very gutless lol

Any info or facts would be nice.

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dont think that the newer 2.2 uses same motor mounts.

i can make mounts, im worried about the tranny though

gear box should be the same, but weaker. If you were to put in another motor for more power you might wanna look in another direction other than a F2/FE motor. The motors, while pretty reliable, are also pretty weak in power. Someone on the other forum at one point put a motor in from a BP Protege into a first gen, using the bellhousing from a miata to mate it to the 1st gen transmission.