So.....
I have just spent the last little bit reading through these forums. I have some questions. Let me first give you an overview.
I have an 89 turbo Caravan with the stock 2.5L engine and 3spd trans.
I am a Mechanical Engineering student at a large university. Chrysler donated a PT cruiser to our department in 1999 to do testing and research before they started selling the PT cruiser in 2000. As far as I know, we got the car, then immediately ripped it apart (including removing the engine and transmission. The engine/trans has been sitting on a pallet ever since. As far as I know it as basically no miles on it.
I have the opportunity to obtain this engine.
I want to put it in my van.
I read through the thread where the guy put an SRT-4 engine in his 89 Plymouth Voyager. However, my PT cruiser 2.4L engine is the same as the Neon 2.4L engine, which I believe is slightly different from the SRT-4 2.4L engine (I hope that sentance makes sense).
Is this doable? I know the PT cruiser used the 4 spd Torqeflite transmission which was first used in 1989 in some of the Dodge Caravans equipped with the 3.0 and 3.3L engines.
Thoughts? Comments? Jokes?
Thanks!