My '96 Brighton has a bad engine, the local JY has several 93-95 EJ22 engines, all are attached to auto trans, mine is a 5-spd.  Are the auto box engines cranks bored to take a pilot shaft bushings?

 

Are there other compatibility issues I've not even thought of?  Em, other than smog and exhaust?  Incompatable sensors and other electronic nightmares...?

What exactly is wrong with the engine? Sometimes you can do better with just repairing what you have. Even a low mileage engine you won't know the history on.

What exactly is wrong with the engine? Sometimes you can do better with just repairing what you have. Even a low mileage engine you won't know the history on.

Head gasket, passenger side rear, and buggered threads in the plug hole for that cylinder.  Symptom at first was leakage from the head/block junction when hot, and occasional low rpm misfire.  Autolite 3923 fitted, replaced with NGK 7090.  When I removed the plug from the rr cylinder, it felt funny coming out, was blowbye all over the plug and insulator, gap was bridged.  Not able to screw new plug in the hole, I think it needs helicoiling..

90-94 motors will work if you swap your intake manifold on it and you'll also need the exaust y pipe from the motor since they will be dual port.

 

Just swap your flex plate and bolts over for the flywheel and it's ready.

 

Some of the autos will have EGR valves. if yours does not, just use your intake manifold and cap the back of the head where the EGR tube screws in. If you put a non EGR motor into yours, stick with the EGR intake manifold and search for the bypass thread on here. It's easy. $4. worth of home depot stuff. I've put 2 of them passed California smog checks that way.

Exellent!  Just the info I was looking for.  Thank you.  Not much to do now but wait for my Haynes to show up.  Guess I'll go start pulling stuff.