I know a guy who recently bought a 02 cavalier with a ecotech, I thought the ecotech never came until 03 the car is from the states and never been droven in the rain he bought it from the original owner , it only has 70000 miles on it and has painted door handles miriors and factory chrome rims and power windows, I was just wondering if these were sold in the U.S and not in canada the car looks like it just came from the show room

They were sold in Canada as well. They were badged as Z24s.

2002 was a strange year for the J-body. The Ecotec (no H!) was a mid-2002 model year change. Early 2002 cars were still available with the LD9 and LN2.




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not too long ago there was a 02 cavy lss 5 speed at my local yard

02 forst year of the ecotec for js mine is a 02 with ecotec there every where in texas


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i got one too....02 4 door ecotec......manual too!!!

hmm thats interesting ive never seen a j body ecotec i never knew they made any i always see the ecotec in other cars alero and saturns we even own a saturn 2000 with ecotec in it that we replaced the engine with another in cuz it blew up




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I believe all the 02 LS Sports were Eco, and that is when they changed from Z24 to LS Sport in the US.

yep matter of fact the two cars we got our motor and trans from for our latest swap both were from 2002 cavys haha acually funny john says all over texas the one coupe accually was from texas yet we pulled it outta my local yard here in pa. HAHA

Lol its true


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In 2002-16% of the Sunfires got an Ecotec, and 9% in the Cavaliers

Well there is a @!#$ load in san antonio


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From what I have seen in 02 you had LSS-Eco, Z24-LD9, and base models were LN2's. The interesting thing was the LN2's shared the same ECU was a Eco, or same style.



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Mine is z24 body with the eco even had the z24 red seats


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Mine has the LN2 in mine a base model and it was one of the last ones built in January of 02 also.


2002 Chevy Cavalier Coupe 2200 SFI 5SPD Manual with 91450 miles.
Oil changed: 89616 miles with Amsoil 5w30 Signature Series and Amsoil oil filter.

If im not mistaken, what happened 1/2 way through 02 the Z24 and GT models dropped the LD9 completely and went to ecotec. I'm not sure if it was also available as an upgrade option on base models.
My guess for the Z24/GTs would be, if you look at your build on the sticker, the 02s probably have a late 01 or early 02 date, where as the ecotecs would have an 02/later 02 build date.
I'm curious to know if they ecotecs were an option on the sedans and base models in 2002. Anyone?

Addicted to meth wrote:From what I have seen in 02 you had LSS-Eco, Z24-LD9, and base models were LN2's.

This.
I believe it was Oct/2001 (2002 model year) manufacturer's date were the first Js with the Ecotec and the LS Sport replaced the Z24 along with the Twin Cam. The Sunfire GT was the same ordeal, but no name change in 2002 m/y.



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I have a 2002 Sunfire Auto SE With the eco build date 05/02


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I love how everyone who says, "ecotech" gets corrected!



2004 Cavalier Sedan

turboZ24cavi wrote:I love how everyone who says, "ecotech" gets corrected!

That's because Ecotech isn't the correct way to spell it.

technically.. it is. because its economy technology.



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