[94cobra69ss396]

That's just to get the donor vehicle. You are going to have a lot more into it than that. I have about $2000 into the Explorer V8 swap and I didn't pay anything for the donor. Just to have the driveshafts done cost me $650 using the old ones.

[C5Natie]

I wouldnt say anything and just take it to smog. If all the smog equipment is there and it passes the sniffer I dont see a big issue. Most places will just pass it. Im not sure if they check ecu vins on pre 2001 vehicles.

[Damian]

I think I'm just gonna rebuild the 2.5 and be happy. It needs to be bored out, might just open it enough to fit a GM 4" piston, and throw some nitrous at it when I need some extra power. Zex makes some pretty good kits that monitor a/f ratio when in use.