GM Ecotec and MA5

Apparently there is a way to mod a more conventional GM bell housing, read the comments for the actual description,



Sounds like something a cleaver machinist (JV???) could work with. There is a pretty decent market for an affordable bell housing from looking at all the swap questions on the 'net.

Neeeeeat.

For those who don't want to click and read: He slightly reclocked the bellhousing from a 2.2l S10, a couple things lined up, had to make a couple new holes.

Now. The 2.2l engine, even in rear wheel drive form, uses the same bolt pattern as *front* wheel drive engines - basically the V6-60deg pattern. The normal RWD version of the V6-60 pattern (2.8/3.1/3.4, also 3800 F-body) has the starter on the passenger side like every other RWD GM, and all FWD GMs have the starter on the "driver's" side because of the way the front-drive automatics are designed with all of the gears alongside the engine instead of behind it.

The upshot: They only ever made FWD blocks for the 2.2l, so they made a special driver's-side-starter bellhousing just for it.

I guess the Ecotec pattern is just close enough to make work. Neat stuff.

Now that I think about it, GM also made/had diagrams to make an adapter for Ecotec-to-V6-60 so that the drag racers could bolt a 4T65 transaxle to the thing, which can be made lots beefier than the 4T40. It's in one of the recipe books that GMPP put out about a decade ago.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.



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thats a nice zingy-sounding motor.

This company makes an adapter for the ecotec to a Tremec 5-speed.
www.keislerauto.com

I apologize for the YouTube link as it is. You have to click on the little YT link to see the comments on the trans swap. I didn't realize that when i put it up there.

Not to be one of those guys, but why not boosted? Supercharged or turbo... 260bhp and north of 200 torqs in factory trim? no frankinmotoring needed.

Because "torque" is a concept and not a tangible thing and therefore cannot be pluralized.

*rant *rant* *rant*

Also because the factory turbo engines are direct-injection and that makes swapping a hassle.

Plus, turbos suck.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

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Pete
Because "torque" is a concept and not a tangible thing and therefore cannot be pluralized.

*rant *rant* *rant*

Also because the factory turbo engines are direct-injection and that makes swapping a hassle.

Plus, turbos suck.

No point, first line, Jermy Clarkson pop culture refererance...

Point allowed, second line. Though solstice/sky front half from a wreaker.... right drive config, computers, fuel pumps etc. New tech that quickly being cracked in the aftermarket.

No point, third line, turbos don't suck, they blow, unless you are on the wrong side


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