engine swap talk

[aveo22ss]

who else on here really wants a diff motor , i don't personally care for our motor or tranny and its geared a lil low . but anyways im over 102.000 miles and im thinking about looking for an eco tec motor soon. i dont really have a q just figured everyone could chime in

[xtreme 2]

Still interested in doing either a Forenza 2.0L Swap or a Cobalt 2.2L Swap... Old Lady just wants us to wait for a house first lol...

[xstevex]

Still interested in doing either a Forenza 2.0L Swap or a Cobalt 2.2L Swap... Old Lady just wants us to wait for a house first lol...

dont you need a car to do a swap?

[aveo22ss]

i was thining just drop the cavalier 2.2 eco tech in it im just worried about the computer im not sure if it will be difficult as far as that is concerned

[khan4rtist]

yeah, someone said that the ecotec swap is a 6k swap....the same as if you were to swap a K20 in an EK civic, lol

[AVE0SAM]

ha except hasport has everything made for the k20 into a civic plus kpro for the computer, where as ecotec 2.2 swap is gonna be a nightmare because our cars a daewoo product while the ecotec is chevy plus the wiring night mare plus everything will have to be custom

[gse_turbo]

here is a VERY brief list of what will bolt in without changing the tranny if you wanted.

•87-93 Pontiac Lemans 1.6 and 2.0 SOHC
•87-94 Pontiac Sunbird 2.0 SOHC (turbo and non-turbo)
•87-9? Chevy Cavalier 2.0 SOHC
•80-CURRENT Vauxhall Astra 1.6,1.8 and 2.0 SOHC and DOHC (turbo and non-turbo)
•80-CURRENT Opel Kadett/Astra 1.6,1.8 and 2.0 SOHC and DOHC (turbo and non-turbo)
•Actually nearly every Opel or Vauxhall will bolt up including the V6 DOHC motors
•08 Saturn Astra 1.8VVT DOHC
•98-03 Daewoo Lanos 1.6 DOHC
•98-03 Daewoo Leganza 2.2 DOHC
•98-03 Daewoo Nubira 2.0 DOHC
•04-08 Suzuki Forenza 2.0 DOHC
•04-08 Suzuki Reno 2.0 DOHC
•98 Isuzu Rodeo & Amigo 2.2 DOHC

[aveo22ss]

i think if you improvise it will only take 2500 dollars the ecotec motors can be found cheap and i think its a little easier than everyone on here is saying it is

[xtreme 2]

The crossmembers are different and the motor mounts are in different locations.

To do the EcoTec Swap, You need:
* Aveo Body
* Ecotec Motor, Tranny, Wiring Harness, and ECU ($1000 for all)
* Custom Crossmember
* Custom Motor Mounts
* Custom Wiring Harness (to get Aveo to mesh with Cobalt wiring)
* Custom Axles (the Cobalt Axles won't bolt to the Aveo Hubs)

Unless you have access to all your own stuff, it gets expensive with getting the motor to sit in there...

[gse_turbo]

+1 and xtreme simplified the list for you. once you got into it I'm sure there is a lot more to take into consideration.

• is there even room
• how will shift linkage be affected
• like he said, you will need custome axles but will the trnny even line up with the steering nuckles

i'm sure there is even more than this.