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Old 09-03-2009, 05:06 AM
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Re: legacy or tribeca headers?

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Originally Posted by Gamesy View Post
The same thought had crossed my mind, to be honest the inital reason why i bought the svx was to transplant the engine into a 2dr GC body but the car grew on me. I heard somewhere that our EG33 block is actually stronger than the EZ36 block, plus its only a 20hp diff between the 2,
Yeah, just about 20 hp difference...but the EZ36 is physically smaller, lighter, has more torque, gets better gas mileage AND runs on regular fuel

And the swap would require an aftermarket ECU to make it run in the SVX

The EG33 is a stronger built engine though....
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