[g-ultima]

My brother about a month go called me on the phone and said that he saw a sunbird with a either a 1.8 or 2.0L OHC turbo engine.He was going to buy it for the GC but he said that the engine looked wrecked and that these engines were notorious for head gasket problems :evil: in other words he didn't buy it I wanted the engine so I can swap the 2.2L OHV with a powerhouse of an engine the OHC turbo. well i'm asking members of this site what they think of the engine because I want the car to have more power
P.S. later on in the year i'm nabbing a 2.8L V6 to put in the car

 

[z24_ss]

Gasket problems came be eliminated with the purchase of better gaskets :wink:

 

[markeemsz]

I think youre brother is pretty wise. That motor really looked bad. You would have had to tow it home , replace the head, have the turbo checked to see if its still good and then go through swapping everything over to the gc. Your brother is a smart man.
Oh by the way it was definitely a 1.8L turbo! imp:

 

[g-ultima]

I think youre brother is pretty wise. That motor really looked bad. You would have had to tow it home , replace the head, have the turbo checked to see if its still good and then go through swapping everything over to the gc. Your brother is a smart man.
Oh by the way it was definitely a 1.8L turbo! imp:

hmm this doesn't sound familiar,Markeem!! oh I see so ur saying it's a waste of time ok,case closed

 

[markeemsz]

Yeah Jamel it would have been more work than we needed to do. We wouldhave definitely nedded Tjs or als help!!!!

 

[Six_Shooter]

IMO after owning 2 of them, each for very short periods of time, the only thing worth swapping the 2.0L OHC either turbo or non, is into the trash can.