Can a VP engine be put into a VR calais??

[steve 3500]

Hi All,
My mate is wanting to put a Vp Engine into a Vr Calais. Could this be done?
Any thoughts would be great.
Steve.

[somefool]

yep, same engine essentially.
do a search, its been covered in a fair bit of detail before.
there is some issue with mating the auto trans between the two types i think, -as vp has a kickdown able and vr(or vs?) is an electronically controlled auto trans but like i said, do a search

[Krisp]

engine is the same careful with regoing as for some ####ed reason the dpi doesnt like older of the same engine in a newer car but they are dumb bastards so you might get away with it

[pjdm1980]

If your VR is a auto ( being a Calais I'd say it is) then you'll need to change the timing cover as the VR autos have cam angle sensors.

[pjdm1980]

If you feeling lucky check out my post in this thread-
please help!!!95 vr s2 motor change for vn s2 vr has cam sensor... is there a way?

[steve 3500]

Is there a magnet on the cam sprocket on the Vp engine, if not how dose the sensor read the sprocket. Or do you need to change the cam sprocket from the Vr engine to the Vp engine?

[pjdm1980]

The VP doesn't have the magnet but will have the hole in the cam gear, so you remove it from your current engine with some point nose pliers and sit it into your VP engine.