Just Can't Decide...
Monte Of The Month -- January 2010
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 8,464
From: San Jose, CA
If your looking to just use the Ecotec and Getrag tranny in another car as a engine/ tranny swap, look for the 2.4L Ecotec...Its basically the same as the 2.2L, but has about 30-35 more HP 
They did not have the 2.4L in 2003 when I had my Cavalier, but I can just imagine what 30 extra horse would have done!
They did not have the 2.4L in 2003 when I had my Cavalier, but I can just imagine what 30 extra horse would have done!
Monte Of The Month -- September 2009
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,279
From: Bushkill, PA
a 944, huh? hmmmm..... what else would you look into? im just wondering..... some kind of sports car, right? you should look into datsun z cars, or better yet something like a datsun 510 ( http://images.turbomagazine.com/tech...enger_Side.jpg ).... the lil econo cube that started the whole import craze, & they dont get ANY respect.... but they have a damn find suspention, & you would have PLENTY of room for a 2.4 ecotec & a 5 speed, in a package that has to be at lest a couple hundred punds lighter..... ohh, and dont forget the ford cortina GT (http://www.modmyride.com/images/cars/Picture034.jpg ) my dad had a bunch of em, they could be wickedly fast
Snow? The Monte, it's always been my daily driver and I haven't had any major problems with it so far. I know it's much easier to drive in the snow than all the RWD V8s that I learned to drive, although they're not that bad if you know what you're doing.
2.2 Ecotec with a 5 speed would be pretty fun, and from the sounds of it they've got plenty of support too.
2.2 Ecotec with a 5 speed would be pretty fun, and from the sounds of it they've got plenty of support too.
Monte Of The Month -- September 2009
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,279
From: Bushkill, PA
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,544
From: Wyoming
a 944, huh? hmmmm..... what else would you look into? im just wondering..... some kind of sports car, right? you should look into datsun z cars, or better yet something like a datsun 510 ( http://images.turbomagazine.com/tech...enger_Side.jpg ).... the lil econo cube that started the whole import craze, & they dont get ANY respect.... but they have a damn find suspention, & you would have PLENTY of room for a 2.4 ecotec & a 5 speed, in a package that has to be at lest a couple hundred punds lighter..... ohh, and dont forget the ford cortina GT (http://www.modmyride.com/images/cars/Picture034.jpg ) my dad had a bunch of em, they could be wickedly fast
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 94
I had a 93 eclipse awd gsx turbo 5-speed a couple years ago, the ugliest car I've owned but hot damn that thing could haul @$$!! I paid $400 for it with 192,*** miles on it, I drove the **** out of it til the tranny literally exploded one day. I thought I got shot or somethin til I realized what had happened! I was racin my friend in his V6 camaro when I dropped it into 3rd, dumped the clutch, mashed the gas and then BOOM!!!!!
