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Originally Posted by IsaacCarlson
Sorry. I thought we were talking about a different 2.2. 
If that is the same one they used in the cavalier then yes, the 3800 will bolt right up to it. You will need to get a flywheel. I think you can use a camaro flywheel and get it turned so it will work with the clutch.
A lot of things will need to be swapped around/modded because of the orientation of the motor. It should be a lot of fun. |
I don't want to muck up your thread with a bunch of unrelated data, so I"ll keep it concise in this post...
What I've gathered is that the T5's in S10s only had two gear sets, no matter what motor they were behind. Pre 92 with a short first, and post 92 with a long first. I have the latter, obviously.
This particular transmission is the stepchild design. Borg Warner didn't produce the GM-patterned gearbox mated to the forward shifter design tail housing for some reason, so GM adapted the Small Corp bellhousing to the Ford gearbox pattern. The benefit of this is that I can later swap to a T56 Ford gearbox or a Tremec T-0660 and only have to change the clutch [possibly] to get a better suited 6 speed and have 2 OD gears.
The bellhousing for the 2.2 [for some reason] has the passenger side starter position on it... they more or less used a FWD motor in this truck. What I basically need is a left-side starter [FWD] 3800SC and Camaro engine mounts [which are magically able to bolt to the 3.4/3.1/2.8 as well, apparently] and I should be golden.
Wiring is another issue. If I do an MPFI upgrade to the wiring and run a '89 GTP chip in the PCM [3.4 Turbo], I should be good to go. The other options are basically MS2 or full custom EEPROM which would require extensive wiring changes OR upgrading to the wiring and PCM from the GTP from which the engine is pulled.
It seems to be as close to a straight forward HIPO swap as you can get, in all honesty. It's a fairly hefty motor, I'll need to move some weight around to compensate, but I can handle all that.