'97 Engine into a '02 (with splitport swap)

[RustyRodder]

Friend of mine may be selling his longblock from his 97 V6, which I would like to put into my 02. His engine has SSM stage 2 heads and lower intake, as well as a small cam. I would like to put in forged rods/pistons, and use it as a diret swap into mine. What differences are there? Ive thought of the coolant sensor (head vs intake), and the crank (internal vs external balance/2 piece dampener). What other bits?

 

[LilRoush]

Is it still single port?

 

[RustyRodder]

Negative- splitport. Its Mysteeds old engine

 

[LilRoush]

To be honest, the internal/external bal was the only thing that jumped to my mind. It shouldn't be that hard to drop in, especially with your skill set.

 

[RustyRodder]

Coolio


So Ill just hae to use his harmonic balancer- the other thing I jsut thought of was the flexplate. Did those differ?