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NefCanuck,Mar 19 2007, 10:16 AM Wrote:

Flofocus,Mar 19 2007, 09:02 AM Wrote:stupid q time...

Does the 2.3 duratec use the mtx75?
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Yep, nothing beefed up in it, just a straight swap in...

Which makes Ford's failure to offer the 2.3L with the autobox all the more puzzling to me <_< as its not as if the stock autobox couldn't take the extra ponies either...

Hrm, 2.3L swap in, twenty more HP....

NefCanuck
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So does that mean the IB5 5sp SPI tranny bolts up too? I ask simply cus I have one and I figure finding a duratec engine is easier then finding the engine and tranny together, both in good condition.. when I know my trans is fine.

Though people keep saying the IB5 bites ass..

Hmm.. Would then.. the 2.3 VVT Mazda 6 engine, plus ECU, plus either MX75 tranny, or whatever is in the mazda 6.., or even my IB5.. it'd all work together to be a harmonious, sexy sounding, reliable NA foci ? Cus that'd be superb..

And also the F/I later on if I were so inclined to drop the G's...

.... I have much to consider