Timing belt snapped: Which engines will fit?

My 2004 JDM B4 GT with manual transmission snapped its timing belt. I now need a new engine (or at least a head?).

 

Can I use an engine from an automatic in my manual car? The automatics come with EJ20Xs while manuals come with EJ20Ys, but I have no idea what the difference is besides the turbo, ECU, and possibly the cams.

 

Could I take a used head from another engine and swap it directly? What are the odds the pistons and cylinders aren't damaged?

 

I am pretty sure that 2006+ engines are actually quite different and won't work.

Edited September 17, 2020 by Bariki

Generally the auto and manual engines are the same. The only difference is the flywheel/flex plate. You can put an auto engine in a manual car, just have to put the fly wheel and clutch on

You will have to make sure the timing belt guides are in place if you have a manual tranny if the engine came out of a automatic tranny car.

I had a timing belt snap that is what saved the motor

 

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The JDM automatic and manual engines are NOT the same.

 

Please only answer questions you actually know the answer to.

You will have to make sure the timing belt guides are in place if you have a manual tranny if the engine came out of a automatic tranny car.

 

What does that mean?

I had a timing belt snap that is what saved the motor

 

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How in the world could a snapped timing belt save an interference engine?

Here let me do it for you....

 

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=differences+between+ej20y+and+ej20x&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#sbfbu=1&pi=differences%20between%20ej20y%20and%20ej20x

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What does that mean?

 

Here in the US, the engines that have a manual transmission have guide plates on the corners of the timing belt cover, cars that have automatic transmissions don't have them.

 

If you put a engine without the guides in front of a manual tranny, the belt can get slack if you push in the clutch from high rpm to let the engine go to idle.

Here in the US, the engines that have a manual transmission have guide plates on the corners of the timing belt cover, cars that have automatic transmissions don't have them.

 

If you put a engine without the guides in front of a manual tranny, the belt can get slack if you push in the clutch from high rpm to let the engine go to idle.

 

Oh, OK. Thanks.