I've been reading around for about a half and hour now. I see yes and I see no. How the intermediate shaft bolts up seems to be the topic of debate. All these people that do these swaps never report back with a definitive yes or no.

 

Now that i think about it it can only attach to a bracket on the engine, if it was attached to subframe it would bind when you torqued out engine due to the type of engine and trans mounts they use.

If attached to engine trans and engine torque together which makes alot more sense and would not bind.

Very possible the bracket will bolt up though, we have a support bracket that goes to outer edge of trans on passenger side that interferes with the swap plus a couple other holes for exhaust manifold support brackets.

 

It's basically going to come down to whether the 2.0L block has the holes for those bolts or not. That's what seems to be the deal breaker, but no one has ever followed up.

 

I'm gonna find that out soon but i may be putting a full swap on backburner for now if even possible until I can get the parts for a sensible price.

So far its racking up money wise.

All confirmed for swap

Starter for 2.4 turbo.
Shim plate for T850 to engine
Flywheel for 2.4 turbo
Clutch for 2.4 turbo
2 axles
Intermediate shaft
New clutch pivot fork
new clutch pivot ball
New slave cylinder

Cost wise unless I can find one of those cash/carry places with an srt-4 it's not for the "thrifty"

 

SRT-anything isn't thrifty, lol, because it's SRT.

 

Looks like I found a winner.

This is a sohc. Bracket to engine sure does not look factory.

 

Not factory, no. Clever? Indeed Ken.

 

Yah I was reading through a thread on the t-350 and even an engineer from NPG ( new process gear ) was suprised they were handling the torque people were putting to them and basically said not much can be done to beef them up.

This is the best fix in the long haul reliability wise.

 

It looks very solid for sure. If it functions as good as it looks, it looks like it should handle most turbo'd, stock[ish] 2.0s along with the trans.