Hey all, got a question for you GM people out there. Obviously I don't know a whole lot about them.

Here's the situation. The GF was driving to my house from St. Pete (I live near Lakeland). Her car quit at about exit 22 on I-4 . She calls me and tells me her car is on fire, I asked her what color smoke and she said white. I asked her if she checked the water recently she said no. Low and behold we get it towed back to the homestead and the head was cracked. I pulled a head out of a U-Pull it on 92 for 34.99. It came out of a 90 Chevy Cavalier, we have a 90 Beretta. Should be the same right?


Here's the dilemma, come to find out the head is not the same. I matched the part # on the head to a 95-97 cavalier/beretta head. The head gasket is a perfect match, as well as the exhaust and water outlet adapter housing. The intake manifold holes/coolant ports line up, BUT 2 of the bolts on the upper driver's side of the head don't line up with the Intake manifold. I'm thinking of just putting a large washer on them and tightening them down good until I can fabricate some kind of adapter.

According to the specs this will up her car about 30 horsepower and 10ftlbs of torque. Kinda an added gift for a mistake. Does anyone know of this as a swap? Also, does anyone know if there's something I'm missing that won't match up?

Thanks in advance.

 

Isnt it a V6? You cant mix and match heads....

 

2.2 4cyl OHV pushrod motor, sorry thought I put that in there. From what I can tell the 2.2 OHV was made from 90-97, the 90's having TBI and 91+ having MPFI I believe. And I think that's the only difference and the reason the intake manifold don't bolt up exactly.

 

From what little I know of beretta's and cavies, the heads and intakes are different and cannot be swapped. And when replacing a head gasket, its a good idea to change both gaskets at the same time (its a wear issue, dont ask). More power? If all the sendors line up or are easy adapts, swap both heads and the intakes.

 

There isn't a second intake and money is tight. I know how to replace a head, was just asking if there was any compatibility issues.

Anyhow I already did it. There was 2 bolts that didn't line up on the intake manifold, but all the ports/bolt points are exactly the same. The car runs beautifully now and has a good bit more pull than it used to