did i mention i HATE nissans?
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Originally Posted by TheRX7Project' post='903832' date='Jul 7 2008, 07:53 AM
You are semi-correct. It seems they just up and switched, but engines from the same years were still compatible. From Wiki:
Chevrolet V8 pattern
So named because it began with Chevrolet's V8 engines.
Chevrolet big-block V8's
Chevrolet small-block V8's
GM Vortec 4300 90° V6
GM Iron Duke RWD inline 4 (Early RWD Variants, later versions may use a FWD pattern, and have two possible starter locations)
Jeep 2.5L/151 in³ Jeep used the GM Iron Duke inline 4 1980-1983. These use a Chrysler Torqueflite 904 automatic transmission with a Chevrolet bellhousing.
Chevrolet Inline 6 (1963 on)
Chevrolet 153 Inline 4 (Chevy II, pre-Iron-Duke)
GM metric pattern
Also called the GM small corporate pattern
This pattern has a distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape.
GM 60° V6 family FWD/RWD V6; 2.8/3.1/3.4 L
Buick FWD/RWD 90° 3800 V6
Cadillac 4.1/4.5/4.9 L V8
Isuzu 3.5L DOHC V6
1984-03 Jeep/AMC/Chrysler 2.5L/150 in³ I4 found in Jeep Cherokee, Wagoneer, Comanche, and Wrangler models (except Grand Wagoneer & Grand Cherokee) and 1996-2002 Dodge Dakotas.
Jeep/AMC 2.8L V6 (GM engine)
GM Iron Duke FWD inline 4
1984-93 GM Iron Duke/Tech-4 RWD inline 4
Chevrolet V8 pattern
So named because it began with Chevrolet's V8 engines.
Chevrolet big-block V8's
Chevrolet small-block V8's
GM Vortec 4300 90° V6
GM Iron Duke RWD inline 4 (Early RWD Variants, later versions may use a FWD pattern, and have two possible starter locations)
Jeep 2.5L/151 in³ Jeep used the GM Iron Duke inline 4 1980-1983. These use a Chrysler Torqueflite 904 automatic transmission with a Chevrolet bellhousing.
Chevrolet Inline 6 (1963 on)
Chevrolet 153 Inline 4 (Chevy II, pre-Iron-Duke)
GM metric pattern
Also called the GM small corporate pattern
This pattern has a distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape.
GM 60° V6 family FWD/RWD V6; 2.8/3.1/3.4 L
Buick FWD/RWD 90° 3800 V6
Cadillac 4.1/4.5/4.9 L V8
Isuzu 3.5L DOHC V6
1984-03 Jeep/AMC/Chrysler 2.5L/150 in³ I4 found in Jeep Cherokee, Wagoneer, Comanche, and Wrangler models (except Grand Wagoneer & Grand Cherokee) and 1996-2002 Dodge Dakotas.
Jeep/AMC 2.8L V6 (GM engine)
GM Iron Duke FWD inline 4
1984-93 GM Iron Duke/Tech-4 RWD inline 4
You know why I like GM? Because I can take a V8 out of a suburban and put it in my ZR-2, needing only motor mounts, an electric fan and two wires wired into the ECU that is already in my truck. Talk about a simple swap. I love it.
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