ok guys now that i have your attention.. what all year 2.2's will be a direct bolt in for my 06? when i say direct bolt in i mean that all i have to do is drop the engine in and be goin again.. i have a hole in the side of mine now and need to know what all year engines i can be lookin for to just do a swap to get me goin again.

 

should be all of them. but i am not 100% on that

 

yea thats what i was thinkin too but wasnt sure bout it. i was hopin someone could give me a for sure answer bout it so i dont end up with an engine that is close but wont work.

 

05-06.07 -08 has cam sensor.unless you use your head you can get 07-08 bottom end which has the gen 2 block.

 

so the older engines from the cavi's and sunfire's wouldnt work then?

 

the head wouldnt cause the cavys have the power steering pump on the intake cam.unless you use your head the blocks should all have the same mounting holes for everything.you could even swap in a LSJ,LE5,block i believe.If you reuse your head then any ECOTEC bottom end SHOULD fit.

 

damn.. the 2.0 block sounds like a good idea. lol doesnt it have a shorter stroke? if so i may try to find one. besides that it can handle a lil more power anyways.

 

how did you get a hole in your block?

 

really not sure right now. i was drivin to work this mornin when it started to knock then all the oil blew out. i guess somethin came apart internally. bad thing is i wasnt even drivin fast or acceleratin hard. i do have 126,000 miles on it thou.

 

ya i believe the bore is right around the same they just shortened the stroke.but if you go 2.0 youll need a power adder cause it has lower comp then the 2.2

and gen2 block(07-08)There makin over 1000hp with our blocks.no need to downsize lol

 

ahh yes i didnt think about the compression bein lower. i'll just find another 2.2 since i dont have a whole lot of money to dumb into it right now. thanks for the help man.

 

Hey no problem thats why were all here

 

an lsj swap would be the suma *** lade of ecotec engine swap, i hope once I hit over 150k or if my engine goes before that i'll have enough money for this swap.. 2 grand for a 2.0 with super charger and intercooler with around 25k isn't bad.. for more money obviously you can get one with less miles.... deff want to do this in the far future!

i only came about this thread becaus ei'm searching for someone who has dropped a 2.0 in a 2.2 and wanted to read about it... anyone know a thread or if anyone has done this yet? i'd only consider this if my engine was shot and insurance costs for 2.2 has to be a lot cheaper.