CONVERSION? SOHC TO DOHC?

[froyotlbw88]

but i got a question with the highlighted part. why would his car NOT be able to handle certain power levels? i don't know much about eclipses but i think as far as the body is concerned i'm sure the power level isn't gonna affect it any.

i wasn't talking about the body of the car being able to manage it, i was more talking about the drivetrain. the bodies are exactly the same, but when upgrading to a gs-t, you'd want to upgrade certain parts such as the axles and you'd HAVE to change the whole transmission. The 1.8L and the 2.0L N/T use the same F5M22 transmission. The 2.0L Turbo tranny is the F5M33. Different trannies. That's only one reason why I feel that the 4G63 N/T would be the easiest swap. I'm not tryna discourage him from doing the gsx, but if he's looking to be economic and twin cam at the same time...thats the best route.