[urq] Engine compatibility WK vs WX

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I'm pretty sure that has a longer head/block arrangement L-A.  There  is an 
early and a late 10v motor, and I'm pretty sure 81 was the early  
(head/cam/dist are not interchangeable early to late btw).  IIRC the  distributor gear on 
the cam has more splines on the early model (13 late vs  17 early?), along with 
the actual dimensions of the head being longer.   Is the engine swappable?  
Complete, I'm sure it is.  I used  to have all the notes somewhere on this, but 
the easiest test for you might be  to bring your distributor and compare the 
drive spline count.
 
I'll try to find the information on this, but I'm sure it's quite  buried.
 
HTH
 
Scott J
 
 
In a message dated 2/7/2008 3:38:48 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
larichard at plguide.com writes:

Hi  there,
A young man is offering me a WK engine, as well as his 1981 5000  Turbo, a
car they family own since new. The car is 25 km from here, so it  could be a
cheap way of putting back my urQ on the road for the next ice  lapping
session, February 24th. 

I will see the car this week end,  so is it worth it as a swappable engine ?
Is the turbo the same ? ETKA is  no use because many type 43 parts are NLA in
the ETKA 6 version. I can see  that I will have to swap the IM and the CIS,
but the remainder of the  engine looks very similar, down to the 2 filter oil
setup.

I do know  that the camshaft of this engine is similar to the WR Euro 200 hp
engine,  so I'll make sure to grab them as an upgrade for me or Brady or
anyone  else. 



Thanks in  advance,



Louis-Alain







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