J32 or rebuild

[Jdmj30a1]

Ok so my timing belt ripped I'm hoping no valves got bent.
So I'm going to put a new timing belt. But if the valves got bent its
gonna need to be rebuilt head and I figured it'll be almost the same as
swapping the motor. So with that said I want to be ready if I need to swap
I've been wanting to upgrade to j32. I already have richies harness I
already have a Cl types s trans all this is already on the car so my question is
what do I need from here do I just need type s motor and drop it in.
I've searched but the ones I find are just for 6spd swap only or complete j32 from scratch. All info will help thanks

 

[SykVSyx]

You've already got a Richie Harness and a 6spd, and if you have ready up on the build, the only major piece left to complete the swap would be the J32 engine.

There are good deals to be found on the J32, search around, especially LKQ, and you'll probably find what you need.

 

[Jdmj30a1]

So it should just be buy the motor and drop in? No type s harness or ecu?

 

[SykVSyx]

So it should just be buy the motor and drop in? No type s harness or ecu?

You can get the harness/ECU, but the Richie V6 harness is a replacement for the engine harness.

The CL-S ECU you will need, the engine harness you can get, just in case.

Make sure the parts are from a manual CL-S, of course.

 

[Jdmj30a1]

Does the ecu have to be the one from the 6spd or can it be the auto since I have richies harness?
And u said I NEED the ecu?

 

[SykVSyx]

It's up to you if you want to get the ECU as well, but I would recommend getting the ECU/harness from the donor car.

I say NEED, because it is better to have all/as many parts from the same car as possible.

Richie's harness has been known to cause CEL issues when paired up with the stock auto V6 ECU.

 

[Jdmj30a1]

What kind of CEL? Emissions?

 

[SykVSyx]

Don't remember what the codes were, one of the others that have done the J32 swap can chime in about that.

 

[Jdmj30a1]

What's LKQ?

 

[SykVSyx]

They sell parts.

Google it.