i already did a search and i havent found a direct awnser to my question so i thought i would post a thread. but anyways im not exactly sure what year the engine is that i bought i believe its an 82, but i have an 85 and there are a couple of problems. first the flywheel is different, so i need to take the one off my 85 and put it on the 82? and the wiring harness is different, will the one from the 85 fit onto the 82 or not? are there any other problems that anyone knows about swaping earlier year engines into later year cars? and how hard is it to get the flywheel off? the engine was incredibly easy to take out, i took me a little over 2 hours, and this is the first time i did it, so i didnt think it was too bad. but i didnt know there were these differences in the engines.

 

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you cant use a 85 flywheel on the 83, becuase the counter balance is different

 

bad idea. you should ge look into a sencond gen n/a engine, like i did. i have a 84 gsl-se with a 88 n/a engine in it. it runs off of the 84 ecu