Would you replace a bad 2.5 with a 2.2?

Blackbart · Post by **Blackbart** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:30 pm

I just picked up a 99 GT with the overheating problem, pretty cheap.
If it is only the head gasket, I will just replace them and hope for the best, but if the head or block is cracked I was playing with the idea of replacing the motor with an older 2.2 with 90k on it. Is this a dumb idea? We are not worried about loss of performance, this is to be my wife's winter car, just transportation. We try to keep or favorite cars out of the salt and slop.

Busdriver · Post by **Busdriver** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:38 pm

Hey do you still have the og gt wheels?
wouldn't you want to put winter wheels on your wifes winter car? and save the gt's for someone living in alsyear summer conditions??
for sale...?

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:42 pm

hahahahah! Nice pitch, Busdriver!

Blackbart, he wants those GT wheels.

It would seem you're our resident JY monger.. What can you find him?

Post by **DLC** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:13 pm

The 2.2 may work, if all of the sensors fit and the ECU doesn't have too much of a problem with it. I'd say do it. If it were a 2000, i'd veto it, cause the BE is a tubby bitch, but the BD not so much. Also, the BD/BG had the 2.2 as an option in those years, so not much is likely to be different, ECU and sensor-wise.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:31 pm

Dave - A Mass Air-Flow metered car shouldn't mind whatever displacement is being used right? I mean, the ECU calculates volumetric efficiency based on the MAF reading, right? I bet the Phase 2 EJ25 ECU would have no problem running an EJ22. Espically if the sensors are the same.

Blackbart · Post by **Blackbart** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:07 pm

Yeah, the wheels......... I figured them in when I bought the car, hope to strick a deal with my wife for them

I bought the car and am gonna fix it, how can she turn me down? Guess I'll find out.

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:18 pm

Blackbart wrote:Yeah, the wheels......... I figured them in when I bought the car, hope to strick a deal with my wife for them I bought the car and am gonna fix it, how can she turn me down? Guess I'll find out.

Wrench the car, or she won't wrench on you.

Busdriver · Post by **Busdriver** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:49 pm

Thanks T-ri

Blackbart, appoligies for jumpin' in...

If you do find your wheels in your way or other ones Please do let me know!...

Blackbart · Post by **Blackbart** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:11 pm

tris91ricer wrote:hahahahah! Nice pitch, Busdriver!

Blackbart, he wants those GT wheels.

It would seem you're our resident JY monger.. What can you find him?

There are two JY's that I go to, both of them are set up so that any good stuff (like GT wheels) end up in their body shop supply house and the rest of the cars are put out to get picked apart. I did find some chrome alloy Lincoln wheels that some how got stuck into a trunk and I found them before whoever put them there came back. I have no clue as to what I am gonna do with them. Definitely NYC wheels.
Might look good on a "BUS"

tzedek · Post by **tzedek** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:07 pm

I wouldnt, but you're welcome to

Matt Monson · Post by **Matt Monson** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:01 pm

It all depends on the year of the 2.2l If it is a phase I from one of our Legacies it will be a pain to get everything hooked up right. If it is a later 2.2l things like IAC the TPS will potentially be compabitle. That is what I would look into before making the swap...

Blackbart · Post by **Blackbart** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:14 am

Matt Monson wrote:It all depends on the year of the 2.2l If it is a phase I from one of our Legacies it will be a pain to get everything hooked up right. If it is a later 2.2l things like IAC the TPS will potentially be compabitle. That is what I would look into before making the swap...

Does this mean that reality is going to give me a problem with what I thought was a simple and cheap solution?
I guess I better hope that it is nothing more than a head gasket.

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Would you replace a bad 2.5 with a 2.2?

Would you replace a bad 2.5 with a 2.2?