Reasonable price for a b3 engine?

[BidEquation78]

a few questions for you guys since im still a newb in the festiva world. 1. Are all b6 series swaps about the same difficulty, given the turbo has a few for sensors etc 2. what is the easiest and cheapest car to get the B series engines from 3. do all the ecu plugs interchange with the stock harness? I mainly deal with sbc v8's so any computers are pretty new to me lol.

[BidEquation78]

And honestly if I can find the engine I want a b6t lol. I think a sleeper festiva is the greatest car I could own

[TominMO]

B6Ts were in 1991-94 Mercury Capris, which were built on the Mazda MX6 platform IIRC. They are the hardest swap, due to the extra complexity of the turbo components. That being said, it's all a matter of experience, so lots of people probably consider this to be not too hard to do.

You can also get a B6D from a Capri and turbo it later. There's plenty of info here for research.

B3 = Festy, Aspire
B6 SOHC = Mazda 323, Mercury Tracer
B6D DOHC NA = Mercury Capri 1991-94
B6T DOHC turboed = Mercury Capri 1991-94

[jfd64]

I recently paid 200 for one from a 97 aspire with 112000 miles and a 90 day warranty.Just bought a project festiva with a good motor with 210,000 miles for 225.

[BidEquation78]

thanks everyone for the replies! Even though I see the B6T is slightly harder than other swap... I think I'm going that way due to finding a couple dirt cheap donor cars

[Danzig13]

I've been offered $1000 for a stock B3 out of an '88 4 speed. Complete minus the goose neck. After reading the posts on this thread I guess I should've taken it!