Rebuild or engine swap?

[vandor]

Cost will depend a lot on what you can fnd close to you. Used engines are not very expensive, but pretty much with any option you will need to refresh or rebuild the engine.

[80spiddy]

Someone with more knowledge on the engines and the hood bump outs might want to chime in if that may be an issue. I was under the assumption the hood bump outs were for the 1800 and 2000 engines. The early cars, like yours has none.

[toplessexpat]

If you're swapping power plants then changing the motor mounts to be lower is a sensible approach. I think Csaba has done that...

[azruss]

years ago, I swapped a 1438 with a 79 2L carb. I pulled the original carb and installed a 71 carb and rejetted. Where I had to shift down 2 gears to pull some hills, I now didn't have to shift at all. I actually got better MPG as my foot wasn't glued to the floor all the time. Best change I ever made.

[onetofour]

Thanks again for all the replys.

I'm going to source an 1800 engine locally and probably rebuild it unless its coming from a running car with good compression.
As 80spiddy mentioned do I need a hood bump for the 1800 engine? or will the lower motor mounts work?

Cheers!

[vandor]

> do I need a hood bump for the 1800 engine?

It should fit with no modifications.