Does the 1996 convertible (JXI) have the same motor as the 1997 hardtop?

 

Go to chryslerparts.net and look them up. If it's the same part number, then it's the same part. Personally, I would doubt it. The cars are very different, and it's unlikely to be the exact same engine. It may be basically the same but with different wiring and plumbing attachment points.

 

I am meaning by looking at the motors, they are different? Someone came to my house, has a 97 hardtop, and wanted to put his motor in my 96 convertible, but was not sure if parts were in different locations, for example, the computer.

 

The coupe was built by Mitsubishi. The convertible and Sedan were built by Chrysler. They are very different automobiles. They have virtually no parts in common. The exhaust goes down the opposite side of the car. The chance of being able to drop a coupe engine into a convertible is about zip.

 

Whats the difference between a coupe and a sedan? I always thought in a Sebring it was either a coupe (hardtop) or a convertible.

 

Sedan has four doors, Coupe has two doors. "Hardtop" is a word that was used to describe a vehicle without a "B" pillar. Originally, all cars had a B pillar except convertibles. In the 50's, they started building what was called a "hardtop convertible" without a B pillar. That got shotened to "hardtop". For a while, they built 4-door hardtops, but as air-conditioning became more popular, people stopped rolling the windows down and hardtops went out of fashion.