Help!! Sephia engine and trans?

[Festivaranch]

Okay so I found a 2004 sephia 5 speed. It was rear ended, and it's 150 bucks so I'd like to know if the engine and trans is swappable into the festiva. He says it's a 1.8. BP? And any info on the hydro to cable conversion is also appreciated. Thank you all in advance!!

[monkeykiller1996]

read up on here the bp never came in the 04 sephia only the 95-97 RS, LS, and GS. the 04 does have a 1.8l engine but it is a T8D which is a kia made motor and will not work in a festiva without heavy modification i made the same mistake with my first festiva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_B_engine

after you look on there to see which cars used the BP go on here to see if anyone near you has one

http://www.car-part.com/

this is the motor it has in it


this it what it look like in a festiva altho not recommended to go this route, this project was never finished due to rust but you would have to use custom made axles which are expensive and a pain all around so best just to find a bp

[Festiver]

You could use the transmission the g25mr but you'd need to find a BP or b6t and the 3 axles from a 91-94 xr2 or 88-89 323 gt

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[Festiver]

But if you don't want to take that route I'd be interested in the transmission and related parts you're very close to me

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Is the 95-97 Sephia the only KIA model that came with a BP or other compatible engine? I'm not finding many Mazda or Ford engine donors around here, but my local junkyards and craigslist are both lousy with $400 KIAs that still run.

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Follow-up question: if you had a whole donor car, how difficult do you think it would be to swap the entire engine, transaxle, subframe, and front suspension from a Spectra/Rio?

[FestYboy]

A Rio shouldn't be too bad, as the chassis is similar to the Festiva/Aspire. But the Spectra is a completely different animal chassis wise... much more work involved over the Rio option.

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Too bad the Rio only came with a 1.6L engine. I guess that I'll keep looking for a '95-'97 Sephia if I want to do a swap into a Festiva.

I had an '04 KIA Spectra years ago, and the motor and trans were pretty nice, even while the rest of the car was kind of a turd. It wasn't really sporty in any way, but that motor would've had plenty of power for a Festiva.

[w4rkry]

Too bad the Rio only came with a 1.6L engine. I guess that I'll keep looking for a '95-'97 Sephia if I want to do a swap into a Festiva.

I had an '04 KIA Spectra years ago, and the motor and trans were pretty nice, even while the rest of the car was kind of a turd. It wasn't really sporty in any way, but that motor would've had plenty of power for a Festiva.

Have you looked at Mercury Capris as well? Easy way to get a B6D. Are you in Denver CO? It shouldn't be too hard to find a donor nearby.