swap 2.2l ecotech for 2.0l sr20?

How hard would this swap be? I am about to change my transmission out and i figure this would be a good time for an engine swap. I want to put a turbo engine in my 97' cavalier insted of turboing the ecotech and blowing it. So i have decided on a 2.0l turbo sr20. Is the a turbo engine that would be better for this swap?

How hard would this swap be? I am about to change my transmission out and i figure this would be a good time for an engine swap. I want to put a turbo engine in my 97' cavalier insted of turboing the ecotech and blowing it. So i have decided on a 2.0l turbo sr20. Is the a turbo engine that would be better for this swap?

.....WTF are you serious a SR20 why?
I mean no disrespect by this but it sounds like you have no idea of what your talking about. Just because your gonna swap your tranny your gonna replace your motor :screwy: . Also a eco is a very good motor. The 2.0 eco is whats in the Cobalt SS and since it has a smaller displacement it can rev higher, meaning still have power even at redline, not to mention it can power a supercharger. Wait how did you get a Eco into a 97? If you were to have a eco in that car you would probably be in the low 15's, which would be very decent for a cavalier. Also do you know about the SR20DET? You would need a harnest, tranny and i EXTREMLY doubt you will ever be able to put a SR20 into a cavalier, It dosent even bolt on to the car. Take this as a suggestion. Please learn more about your car before you start trying to mod it.
Once again i say this with no disrespect.

I would've been more of a dick...but yeah, what reason said.

:owned:

First of all, the SR20 is a rear wheel drive motor, which will require a matching rear end and drive shaft, if you can even get it to fit. Plus you'll have to find the motor, wiring harness, ECU, matching transmission, and fabricate motor mounts. It's a great idea and I'd love to do the same, but for us, it's financially impossible, and the time it will require would prevent you from having a job. Maybe if we had a million bucks to blow and no job, and no need for a job...

.....WTF are you serious a SR20 why?
I mean no disrespect by this but it sounds like you have no idea of what your talking about. Just because your gonna swap your tranny your gonna replace your motor :screwy: . Also a eco is a very good motor. The 2.0 eco is whats in the Cobalt SS and since it has a smaller displacement it can rev higher, meaning still have power even at redline, not to mention it can power a supercharger. Wait how did you get a Eco into a 97? If you were to have a eco in that car you would probably be in the low 15's, which would be very decent for a cavalier. Also do you know about the SR20DET? You would need a harnest, tranny and i EXTREMLY doubt you will ever be able to put a SR20 into a cavalier, It dosent even bolt on to the car. Take this as a suggestion. Please learn more about your car before you start trying to mod it.
Once again i say this with no disrespect.

Alright, well thats the reason i asked how hard it would be because i wasn't sure how different it would be from the ecotech. It is small enough to fit under my hood and comes turboed. I ecotech 2.2 comes stock in '97 cavalier and i personally would choose a turbo engine over a 2.0 cobalt super charged engine anyday. Also, i want to change my engine out when i change my transmission because you have to drop the engine-transmission setup out of the car, to replace the transmission unless i use a brace or hoist. So if im dropping the engine out, might as well just toss it while its out because I dont trust the 2.2 to run a turbo unless i completely rebuild the engine with forged parts, which i think would be a waste of time. They are putting vette v8's in 240sx's nowadays. Regular people. so i thought, it couldn't be too much harder than that.

seen a ton of 3.1 fwd motors in cavaliers, that always an option

Alright, well thats the reason i asked how hard it would be because i wasn't sure how different it would be from the ecotech. It is small enough to fit under my hood and comes turboed. I ecotech 2.2 comes stock in '97 cavalier and i personally would choose a turbo engine over a 2.0 cobalt super charged engine anyday. Also, i want to change my engine out when i change my transmission because you have to drop the engine-transmission setup out of the car, to replace the transmission unless i use a brace or hoist. So if im dropping the engine out, might as well just toss it while its out because I dont trust the 2.2 to run a turbo unless i completely rebuild the engine with forged parts, which i think would be a waste of time. They are putting vette v8's in 240sx's nowadays. Regular people. so i thought, it couldn't be too much harder than that.

95-97 cav's come with the 2.2L Ln2 OHV my friend, 02-05 were the ecotec.. drop the ( H ) its not a new version of a phone.


If the kid wants to put in the motor go do it and have fun. Cripe a 96 Grand Prix GT isn't suppose to be Rear wheel drive..

http://www.rdfabs.com/galleries/images/project_vehicles/1996_grand_prix/000_0905.jpg

http://www.rdfabs.com/galleries/images/project_vehicles/1996_grand_prix/rearend__5_.JPG

But take a Nissan 300ZX rear, shorten it by 2 inches, turn the engine side ways, 700R transmission, one off subframe, custom drive shafts... anything can be done! One of our projects at the shop. :wink:

Alright, got it. Sorry about the whole noob thing. Any engine I could fit in there that would handle a turbo? or should I just sell the cavy for a 240? I already have quite a bit of money in the cavy though.

it may not bolt up but aren't there front-wheel drive versions of the SR? I'm not trying to undermine anybody or give new hope, but i kno that there are sentra's out there with the SR in them...but i am not sure if the engine is mounted normally or transversed...

First of all, the SR20 is a rear wheel drive motorno, the older sentra se-r's came with fwd sr20's.

Any engine I could fit in there that would handle a turbo?

2.2 ecotec?:banghead:

Alright, got it. Sorry about the whole noob thing. Any engine I could fit in there that would handle a turbo? or should I just sell the cavy for a 240? I already have quite a bit of money in the cavy though.


YES now your talking get a 240sx. The s13 with the ka24de NOW thats a car worth putting a sr20 into.

yea then you can be like the other 10,000 240's out on the road

as opposed to the other 800,000 cavaliers on the road

as opposed to the other 800,000 cavaliers on the road
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yea then you can be like the other 10,000 240's out on the road
you my friend got :owned:

on the raods at least around here for every 100 240's there is 1 cavalier

on the raods at least around here for every 100 240's there is 1 cavalier
um....."around here..."

Come on, man...

Yea yea yea stop picking on me. Haven't heard from you in a while

Yea yea yea stop picking on me. Haven't heard from you in a while
Gettin' my education on, kicking ass at the debate tourny's, trying to get dates...been hectic around here.

I'm actually gonna try to see about making it out to the May GJBO meet...if Karlo isn't too pissed at me, that is. He thinks I did some stupid work on the car I sold to Toad, who sold it to Karlo....something about the driver's side power window motor being held in with zipties. I mean...hell, I got drunk and painted the underside red...but I'm not THAT dumb.

on the raods at least around here for every 100 240's there is 1 cavalier
It's entirely opposite where I live, that's the reason why I've decide to mod my car to every last detail because I want some f***in originality. I can't drive to work (45 min drive) without seeing at least 4 or 5 Z24's and when I get to work one of the people I work with has the exact same car as me including paint color:banghead: . The only difference is I have some performance mods they don't.

It's entirely opposite where I live, that's the reason why I've decide to mod my car to every last detail because I want some f***in originality. I can't drive to work (45 min drive) without seeing at least 4 or 5 Z24's and when I get to work one of the people I work with has the exact same car as me including paint color:banghead: . The only difference is I have some performance mods they don't.

Performance mods are the best lol. Plus its always fun to kill a honda and have the driver say but its a Cavalier lol.

IF I had the time, AND the money, I wouldn't waste it making a FWD SR20 Cavalier, I'd make a RWD SR20 Cavalier. With all the extra room in the second-gen engine bay, you could set it as close to the firewall as possible, and mount it as low as it can go, with good ground clearance of course, to help the front to rear weight distribution, and have a lower center of gravity for better handling. Seeing a Cavalier DRIFT RACING will blow some minds for sure!

Now, can we fit a 240 rear end under the Cav... ?