First post here, although I have done a fair bit of lurking and reading. I have read right through this thread a couple of times and got some great ideas.
I have though I think come up with a swap no one else has done, at least not that they have shared on the interwebs. I have pulled the tiny 1.5 out of my spare parts mirage and I'm dropping in a 2.6 astron II (4g54) out of a ts magna.
This is by no means a simple swap, I've had to do quite a bit of "massaging" to the car to fit the k frame from the magna into the mirage and I've still got a long, long way to go before it'll start or run, but I was so stoked today to finally slot the donk into place ( admittedly only the most basic mock up at this point) that I thought I'd post a couple of pics.
this has been and will continue to be a learning experience for me, I'm no mechanic, I've never done anything like this before, not that I'm a complete noob, I've been tinkering with bits n pieces most of my 41 years. I'm also using this project to teach myself to weld, all of this is made harder by the fact I don't even have a garage yet and I'm working in the dirt beside the house.
Anyway sorry for the novel of a first post but I had to share my progress with someone as the wife and daughter just think I'm stupid coz I have plenty of cars the already work.
Cheers
Bentaz.