Quote Originally Posted by 88dx
would the SOHC ZC be a pretty straight forward swap?

And you mentioned that I would need a new timing belt, water pump, and clutch... are those the only additional parts needed? The clutch that is in the car now, I was told, is fairly new... would it work?

Basically, any d-series (except the d17) swap is a bolt-on swap. If you're going mpfi, you are going to have to wire in 2 extra injector plugs and a resister box (unless you use new injectors).

Research mpfi swap and see what would be needed to convert over from dpfi