is there any other engine swap possiblity on a the 3 spd tranny on a 97 cav
like maybe toyota or is it gm only
if i do wanted to go toyota im guessing the whole engine trany and wires got to get changed out
Rich Grayo Jr. wrote:if you have to ask this question, you do not have the ability to make it happen.
This ^^^^^^
and from the other thread, ditch the auto and go with the 5 Speed F23 Getrag Transmission.
Oh and nothing toyota works out of the box on these cars. When toyota exported these cars to japan, as the toyota cavalier, they were still built in the Lordstown, OH GM Plant, they all were automatic, and they all had Quad 4 family "LD9" motors
Speedline02 (GME Chat!!) wrote:Rich Grayo Jr. wrote:if you have to ask this question, you do not have the ability to make it happen.
This ^^^^^^
and from the other thread, ditch the auto and go with the 5 Speed F23 Getrag Transmission.
Oh and nothing toyota works out of the box on these cars. When toyota exported these cars to japan, as the toyota cavalier, they were still built in the Lordstown, OH GM Plant, they all were automatic, and they all had Quad 4 family "LD9" motors
I do believe not all toyota cavaliers were automatic some came with the Isuzu 5 spd tranny and they only came with the 2.4 the 2.3 was never used
Erik Packard
the 2.3 is not an LD9... and according to John Lenko's website, all toyota cavaliers are automatic
Jlenko wrote:Toyota Cavaliers had a single standard drivetrain: the 2.4L "Twin Cam" (LD9) engine mated to a four-speed Hydramatic 4T40-E automatic transmission, with overdrive. The Isuzu (96-99) & Getrag (2000) 5-speed manual transmissions found in North America were not available on the Toyota Cavalier.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/toyota_cavalier/index.html
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Ricozero wrote:I do believe not all toyota cavaliers were automatic some came with the Isuzu 5 spd tranny
It's kinda like religion... you can believe all you want, that doesn't mean it's right.
All Toyota Cavaliers were automatics. Go and look at the brochures online, there was no manual transmission option.
what abotut the WISE motorsports race cavalier?
If it was a Toyota Cavalier... it came from the factory with an automatic. But then again, so did my 'vert... it just didn't stay that way for long!
Oh.. and uhh... back to the original question asked....
The Toyota Cavalier was just like a regular Cavalier... I think the OP was asking about some other kind of Toyota... maybe like a 2JZ-GE or something.
As far as engine swaps go... there are no 'easy' swaps unless the engine was already offered in a Cavalier or Sunfire from the factory. There are a few exceptions... both for and against. You can easily swap the Ecotec engine from a newer J-car into your 97.... physically, at least... but hooking it up is a pain unless you swap pretty much everything else in the car... On the other hand... there are custom mounts available in the GP forum here, to make swapping a 3400 engine into a J-car easier. You'll still need some fabrication skills and have to do a bunch of wiring.
If you want to stuff an engine in that isn't even a GM drivetrain.... you're into the all-custom swap. Mucho time and $$$ there. Pretty easy to suffice, you're going to end up taking everything from the donor car and somehow making it all fit in the J-body shell.
John.
