Will 1G 7 bolt lower timing cover fit 6 bolt??

[tsi1991awd]

Just as the title says, will the lower timing cover off of a 7 bolt fit onto a 6 bolt? I know the 6 bolt has the "honeycomb" on the bottom right and the 7 bolt doesn't.....does that affect anything??

 

[manny correa]

it will not work....

 

[tsi1991awd]

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks

 

[awdtalon11]

You can get an oem cover from stmdsm.com.

 

[KevinRR]

DSMGraveyard has them for 100bucks

 

[tony203040]

Nope.

 

[tsi1991awd]

I ordered it from mitsubishiparts.com along with my front case and some other shit. They are about 10 miles away from me. It was 80 bucks I believe.

 

[91DSMdragin]

why wont they work? what's the difference?

 

[spadepro22]

What about 1g 7bolt? Its one piece.

 

[90ATEGST]

What about 1g 7bolt? Its one piece.

im wondering the same thing..i have a 1g 7 bolt cover and its a 1 piece lower..if no one has answered this by the time i try to put it on the 6 bolt i have ill chime back in

From the little research i could do here is what i found...

Here is a 1g 7 bolt lower cover..

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And here is a 6 bolt lower cover..looks do-able

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[Junfan]

They do not line up really down by the crank. I ran into this problem when I pulled my 6 bolt went to put the cover on my 1g 7 bolt and it would not line up well at all down by the crank sprocket and would probably have rubbed the belt or something so I do not currently have a cover on mine til my 6 bolt block gets done in the fall.

 

[ErikTande]

Does anyone have a link that explains the differences between a 6 and 7 bolt? I tried searching but I couldn't find anything concise.

Thanks!

 

[erkitner]

it will not work....

Yes AND no. If you're concerned about having the upper timing cover mate with it, then no.

But if you don't plan on running an upper timing cover, then yes. Trimming away some of the material for the water pump and taking some material off the bottom where it extends out from the engine, so it mates up smoothly will make it work.

I know. I did it for my 6 Bolt/2G head swap.

A good Dremel is key.

Cheers.

 

[hunkajunk]

The mounting bolts don't line up

 

[tsiunderpsi]

I'm in the middle of swapping my 1g 7-bolt motor out for a 6 bolt and was thinking I might be able to use the 7 bolt cover on the 6 bolt block..

There is an extra bolt on the bottom of the 7 bolt cover where the "honey combish" section is on the 6 bolt cover. It looks so close to fitting, all but one of the bolt holes line up. It also fits pretty tight to the crank pulley...probably best just to get the right cover and forget about it!