Is my June of 92' dsm a 6 bolt?

[92GSXBaltimore]

I blew my headgasket in my 92 GSX and decided to get another 92' 6/4bolt DSM and swap all my mods over then part out the Eclipse. The Eclipse needs a tranny re-build, windshield, paint job, shocks, springs, carrier bearing, and now a headgasket all on a 161k mile frame.

I found a 92' Talon TSi awd with 116k on the clock that had a build date of June 92. Did a carfax and everything looked great, and I ran a compression test and some other tests (164 across the board) and bought it. Being a 92' I knew it was a 4 bolt rear, but to my understanding anything built after the 3rd week of April 92' is a 7 bolt. I told the guy that the car is a 7 bolt and he said it was deff a 6 bolt because he just had the timing belt done and the tensioner was a 6 bolt tensioner. Also, the oil pan bumped out like 6 bolts do. Upon further investigation, I read somewhere in vfaq that 7 bolts didn't start till mid June of 92', so there must have been some overlap in engine distribution at the production plant in 1992.

This got me very curious. I entered the Talons VIN (4E3CT64U0NE140671) in CAPS and pulled up the diagram for the flywheel and it showed a 7 bolt. When I pulled up the flywheel for my Eclipse (4A3CT64U2NE017247) it showed a 6 bolt, which I know to be true because I installed a 6 bolt act 2600 and act flywheel last Spring. So at that point I was almost certain that I bought a 6 bolt transplant, until I compared the timing belt tensioners between the Eclipse and Talon on CAPS and it gave the same part number WTF . So that led me to think that CAPS might have an error in it.

My prob is that I don't want to pull my trans in my Talon only to find that my almost new act2600 and act flywheel from my Eclipse wont fit, and then have to shell out ~600 bucks for a new set, plus have no car for a couple days. So, my question to you guys is besides pulling the tranny, is there any way to find out if I have a 6 bolt or 7 bolt?

 

[project_tsi]

It's most likely a 7 bolt. Mid April/ May was the cutoff date for 6 bolts in 92.

 

[1fast97gsx]

Why don't you just get under the car and look? You can tell by the way the oil pan is shaped.

 

[gsxtacy]

yeah look at the oil pan rail right behind the crank pulley.

Flat= 6 bolt

curved = 7 bolt

gsxtacy

 

[wolf20043]

If it is still the stock motor, the date alone tells you without having to look under the car.
Mike

 

[92GSXBaltimore]

Also, the oil pan bumped out like 6 bolts do....

Already did that

If it is still the stock motor, the date alone tells you without having to look under the car.
Mike

I'm not sure if the engine is stock, and I have seen two conflicting dates for the change over from 6-7 bolt engines.

 

[Dream On]

My 92 was built on June 18th 1992, and it is for sure a 7 bolt. Me and some buddies just did the clutch and flywheel in it. Check the oil pan. I thought mine was a 6 bolt at first because it felt kinda flat, but then bumped out towards the back of it. Just feel around and look closely at the vfaq pictures.

 

[Dream On]

And by the way, the clutch will fit regardless of it being a 6 or 7 bolt. The flywheel is the only concern.

 

[92GSXman]

My 92 Talon has a build date of 05/92 and it's a 6 bolt. Looks like I got lucky. You can also look at the head bolts if they are still stock. 6 bolts have allen type heads while the 7 bolts have the 12 points.