ouch, good luck with the swap. the LX hatch/sedan are very different from the 1.8BP lxe and GT. both are on the mazda bg platform but the lx is ford's 1.9. tranny/axel/ecu/harness/pumps/lines are all different. it does swap in but he'll need a BP donar car (90-94 protege or 91-96 escort GT/lxe or mercury tracer lts). its doable though. tell him to stop by feoa.net and escortunderground.com. He could also swap the SPI out of the newer escorts, do a zetec swap (zx2 motor), swap the probe klze, or do a 1.9/spi hyrbid and go turbo on it. The SPI is a direct swap (minus fuel rail and a TB controller) and is good for 22 more HP stock. the 1.9 block with an SPI head (2.0) isn't much of a gain but lowers compression and with a 1st gen Escort EXP turbo setup (allllllll junkyard parts) on a low double digit boost, he can easily put down 200whp. i have a sedan with his motor in it, just like my lxe (my lxe has the mazda dohc 1.8bp hence the gtx swap) but in black. thats what a lot of tst guys used to see me drive.
