Saturn Engine Swap

With the auto trans, there's a plate that bolts to the crankshaft which the torque converter then bolts to. Make sure you don't use those bolts to secure the flywheel to the crankshaft. Use the ones made for the manual trans flywheel because they are slightly longer than the ones from the auto. Unfortunately, they're easy to mix up if you've tossed all your bolts in one bin but that length difference is important.

I don't know why Saturn just didn't use the longer bolts for both auto and manual in the first place... I suppose they had to save that nickel.

Have fun with your swap. Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]

Flexplate should, in theory, absorb a lot of the loading, and in any case, the shock loads are lower in an automagic. Then again, it would have been cheaper to just use/stock one bolt size...

Sometimes GM's quest to shave a cent goes to absurd lengths...

I dont think GM had a say for something that wasnt their design...

blah blah typed until their fingers bled, and came up with:

uhhhh.... Huh?

Saturn = GM. Saturn engine = GM engine.

Automotive engineers need job security, right? Why do you think there are multitudes of different sizes of parts like light bulbs, wipers, alternators, etc?

Take incandescent light bulbs, for example: They're pretty much all 12V with standard brightness requirements. So why are there so many different ones?

-DanD