chewd0g

During the 90s Chevy/Geo used a Toyota engine, believe it was the same as the Corolla's...

Does anybody if they still used that engine in 99?

Gotta 99 Prizm for 1300 and looking for something cheap...

dskinner

Check it out for yourself...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Prizm

It sure is the Corolla engine!

Might as well be a Chevota Coroizm.

chewd0g

Thank you, never thought of looking there and not keen on where to look for this kind of information.

Think I may have to stop by that place today, as they said it is practically a toyota!

dskinner

It sure is, and that motor is also the one in my Spyder as well...

If you ever need any info on anything, wikipedia.org is the place to check first... before google even!

its_ikon

need to correct you on this. the corolla from 98-99 had a 1zz, but it was non-vvti. the vvti engine was available from 2000 - up. the mr2 spyder has vvti. unless you want to change the ecu then he would want a non-vvti 1zz engine.

dskinner

You're right, as it was mentioned in the article that I posted... Oops, let me rephrase.

That motor is the same engine in my Spyder (minus VVT-i).

hotbox05

it's the same engine family not same engine. the old non vvti's also had aluminum tube intake maniforlds whereas the vvti motors have plastic plenums.

dskinner

Thanks for the insight! Learn something new everyday I guess. Any other differences between the two engines?

hotbox05

i'm sure ton's more but those are the main visible differences.