I'm thinking about snatching this pair up: 22RE Short Block - block Almost New 22RE Head - head I know I'll need a 22R intake, and a front cover and water pump. My question is what else interchanges? Oil pump? probably get a new one anyway, probably a good idea. So what about: - Flywheel - Harmonic Balancer / Pulley - Distributor I can't afford much to fix my truck, and this kinda popped up on CL so I'm considering it. If I can do it cheap enough I'll try and go for it. Hopefully I can take as much as possible off my current engine. Thoughts? I'm not 100% confident that my short block is solid, the motor makes some weird noises right now...
ok so you wanna know if you buy a 22re block and head, what will bolt in from your 20r, and what else you will need to buy. your crank, and rods will fit - pistons will screw up the compression. your dual timing chain will work but im not sure about the cover ?? flywheel and balencer are the same. you can use your 20r intake, just wont match perfectly ( im almost positive...) exhaust is fine. honestly this seams like a lot of work, what exactly is wrong with your motor ???
Everything will bolt up from a 20r onto a 22re except the intake and in some situations the exhaust. The intakes are miles apart, the ports are completely different and in different spots on the head. The exhaust can be done but may be tricky matching round port 20r onto pear port 22re but it certainly could be possible especially if you have a header.
My motor is pretty bad off, the more I drive it the worse it gets, the more noise it makes, and the more smoke it blows when I start it up. I'm starting to find little oil spots on the tailgate I used to get on my old 240z when the bottom end was going out from oil being burned. It now rattles like crazy at low RPM. Ran a little better when I cleaned the plugs a week ago but now it's back to the same thing. I don't know, I'm fishing for a solution that's not gonna cost a ton. Oh and a 20R and 22R intake won't interchange, the coolant passage is moved from next to the #1 intake runner to between #1 and #2 on 22Rs. That's why doing a 20RE would be tough, unless you splice together a 20R intake and a 22RE lower... not sure you could even do that cleanly.
Yea I have a Hooker header that's supposed to work for all, so that's not an issue. This is an '89 block so it's a taller deck so the front cover won't fit. I don't think the timing set will either. I think the oil pump is different.
Sorry I was in the middle of a complete edit of my post when my dying laptop locked up and needed to be reset. You are correct that the "lazer" block has a taller deck height so the timing cover won't work and the oil pump and drive gear are different as well. But the flywheel and harmonic balancer will both bolt right up with no issue. I know a LOT of people in your area, lemme see what I can scrounge up for ya that will work easier.
Thanks. That all depends on how solid that short block is. If i have to tear that apart too then it's a no go. It's only $100 and he says it ran good... but that is of course subjective. He's also gotta get back to me! Nothing except an email saying it's an '89 truck block.
So looks like this is a killer deal, talked to the guy and checked it out on sunday. Good solid block and new head. Now... I can get my hands on a stock 22R distributor / ignitor / coil. But... does the 20R one work with the 22R? Is the cam gear the same, so that the 20R distributor would work? Since the Cam didn't chance and the head didn't change until 1985, and all 22R distributors interchange... I figure I could probably slide mine right in place and go with it. Since I already cleaned it up, and put a new cap / rotor on it, and new wires, why toss it? I assume the flywheel / clutch is the same, since the crank didn't change from 75-95. I'm sure my fuel pump will bolt right in too.
