My friend recently purchased an LSJ with 5000 miles on it because it was a great deal (800$). He has an '00 sunfire project car with the 2200 and I'm wondering, how hard would it be to mate the LSJ with the getrag upto the '00 j-body?

Is it even do-able?

 

Should work, 02-04 j-bodys had the 2.2 ecotec, at most it would take the engine cradle from one of them, as for the trans, donno ask mantapart.com they might be able to help,

 

?? he just said it has the 2200 motor, not the ecotec

but if the 2200's can swap to 2.2 ecotec's its gotta be doable. but what about the trans?

 

don't know about the trans, yes the ecotec 2.2 should be able to swap into the 2.2 ohv, but he may have to get the engine cradle from a 02-04 that had an ecotec.

 

ive seen a 03 sunfire with an LSJ on jbody.org a year or 2 ago.

 

The LSJ WONT go into the jbody because of the tranny being to wide I belive. Tell your friend to swap in a 2.2 ecotec and use the supercharger from that lsj. The get the ecu reflashed at the dealership. I know it is possibal to swap the LSJ head onto the 2.2 but you have to make a cut in the master cylinder to make room for the cam sensor.

 

it will fit, check .org, when i had a cav i was amazed, its a pretty sick sunfire, as to hwo they got it in and running, dont ask me, all i know is that i saw it on the .org and it was at a show.

 

It won't swap, I already tried after throwing a rod in my 2.2 with the 2.8 pulley at the JCO Jbody bash.

Anyways, most differences can be worked around. I had them all done, however when I tried swapping the oil pans I noticed the main problem. The crank on the 2.2 has 7 marks on the crank for timing, the 2.0 has probably 100. If he wants to swap the 2.0 motor into his sunfire he will need every piece of wiring/computer from the cobalt/ion or a full stand alone.

I really wanted to do this swap, would have been great

 

thats really strange, i saw it i swear i swear, musta been a sunfire GM built for shows and worked their magic with...

 

A full ecu, harness, engine and cradle swap would probably do it with a beefed up 00-04 trans.

 

its not to wide...the car is just to narrow. where theres a will theres a way. im sure it can be done and would well worth it

 

here's a silly question... if GM racing can use an ecotec on an impala automatic... couldn't that be made to fit?

 

If the Impalla auto will swap into the J-body, yes, but if not, well I'm sure there are beter choices if you got to cut to make it fit.

 

iv seen a v8 in a j-body, a yellow one, or a northstar in a lil golf, you have money, it can be done.

 

try a 454 in a 02 cavi, Last year it had a blown small block, see the hole cut in the hood? Thats where the blower stuck out the hood.

 

there she is, looks like my old cav, minus the beast under the hood lol

 

Why not just build the bottom end on a 2.2 eco and put the charger on it. You CAN make just as much power with the 2.2 as the 2.0 if you have a strong bottom end.

 

ya, with a nice build and set up the 2.2 eco is pretty sick and responds pretty well to mods.

 

Check out mantapart.com I swear they have all sorts of **** for the ecotec, forged and billet internals, ported heads, cams, mainifolds, intakes, ect.

 

I would not advise buying from Mantapart. Way to many Jbody owners have been screwed by them, some of my friends infact ordered some rockers and cams and never got a thing! A couple people have had some luck ordering COD but that 2 out of a lot .

Turbotechracing.com
Carcustoms.net
Jbodyperformance.com

are all great places to grab 2.2 ecotec parts for sure.

 

just a little off topic, but phlatcav, that cavi looks really really clean

 

phlatcav, that car is beautiful!!

 

my buddy is putting a Supercharged 3.8L engine in a 97 z24 lol u can do anything with some welding!

 

yep cavi's look real good when done right!

 

I would agree with phlatcav. Swap in the 2.2 and use the supercharger. The 2.0 trans has a whole differnt mounting system than the F23 trans used on the 2.2L engine. It is possible but the 12 psi on the 2.2L would be a nice setup for a lot less work.