the 97 has the "cdi" built into it, as the 96 hasthe cdi/igniter, up on the inside lid of the grey box....you "could" get it to work, if you need a pic of the inside of a 97 box, let me know....tried doing same thing other day, installing a 96gtx mpem box into a 97gtx, only reason "customer" said forget it, was that a few plugs didnt match up, colors were the same, but he didnt want anything to start cutting
BTW...if you decide not to use the 97gtx mpem, what you want for it?