Ecotec LSJ for Aveo (supercharged 2.0L engine swap)

[thehotrodguy]

I got my LSJ and trans with a LSD and will be working on getting this into the Aveo. I figured I did a 2.0 with a turbo why not the LSJ, I will post pics as the project progresses. The first mod I will be doing to the engine before I put it in is putting a throttle body from a 2006 3.5 Malibu and a stage II upgrade.

[Ratchet104]

I also subscribed...what year aveo is this going into?

[petrified.rabbit]

it looks like the a/c compressor could use the 09+ aveo lines.. fyi in the future.

Have fun with this, i am hoping to go mine soon enough, if i dont find a different swap in the mean time.

[Nemasys]

Hmm i smell competition finally!

[thehotrodguy]

I have all of the main suspension setup now and I will post some pics tomorrow, currently I am running a 2.0 with a turbo setup and the suspension mod is to allow me to put in the LSJ in.

[MetroMPG]

Subscribed too. Fun project!

[Daox]

Wooo, looks like a fun project. I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes.

BTW, I changed the thread title for you a little (makes it easier for searches to find) and added img tags to show the pics in your post.

[thehotrodguy]

In the attached pics you can see the finished suspension, the spindles are from a 2006 cobalt and so are the struts. The struts have been modified with a Ground Control coil over kit and the A-arms have been modified to accept a cobalt ball joint to allow me to mount the spindles. After I mounted the spindles I found that the Aveo tie rod ends would not work and I had to use tie rods from a Cobalt. This created another problem, not only are the Cobalt tie rods two inches too short the thread size is different 14MM for the Aveo and 16MM for the Cobalt. So after some resource I found that as set from a 96 Hyundai would work perfectly. This setup allowed me to use axles from a Suzukit


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This setup will allowed me to use axle shafts from a Suzuki Forenza, I will be running this setup with the current 2.0 turbo setup that I have. This is all in preparation for the LSJ install, the hub splines are different between the Avoe and the cobalt. The spline for the Cobalt and the Forenza are the same so this setup will allow me to run the Suzuki shafts now and later the shafts from the Cobalt. As for the the brakes I will be running the Wilwood's that I had previously installed I just have to fab up a custom bracket before I can get the brakes back on. I will be upgrading to the Brembo’s latter on as the project progresses, this will require 17 inch rims.


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[Suprasalas1]

Out of what Hyundai did you get the tie rods from?

In the attached pics you can see the finished suspension, the spindles are from a 2006 cobalt and so are the struts. The struts have been modified with a Ground Control coil over kit and the A-arms have been modified to accept a cobalt ball joint to allow me to mount the spindles. After I mounted the spindles I found that the Aveo tie rod ends would not work and I had to use tie rods from a Cobalt. This created another problem, not only are the Cobalt tie rods two inches too short the thread size is different 14MM for the Aveo and 16MM for the Cobalt. So after some resource I found that as set from a 96 Hyundai would work perfectly. This setup allowed me to use axles from a Suzukit


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This setup will allowed me to use axle shafts from a Suzuki Forenza, I will be running this setup with the current 2.0 turbo setup that I have. This is all in preparation for the LSJ install, the hub splines are different between the Avoe and the cobalt. The spline for the Cobalt and the Forenza are the same so this setup will allow me to run the Suzuki shafts now and later the shafts from the Cobalt. As for the the brakes I will be running the Wilwood's that I had previously installed I just have to fab up a custom bracket before I can get the brakes back on. I will be upgrading to the Brembo’s latter on as the project progresses, this will require 17 inch rims.


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[thehotrodguy]

This was for the inner tie rods, it was from a Hyundai excel years 1990 to 1994. The MOOG part number is EV223, as for the outer tie rod I used the cobalt OEM rod with the cobalt spindle and I had to modify the factory lower control arm. I modified the A arm to be able to accept the cobalt OEM ball joint.

Regards