best choice of engine swap for 2006 HHR
 

Lost oil froze 2006 2.4. Any advice on a replacement?

Find a good used one. You could see if Jasper has a reman available.

2006 2.4 is an odd 1 year only engine with the ignition pack on the valve cover , VVT and an external oil cooler, hard to find but they are out there.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/165742590405...mis&media=COPY

There’s one^^^

Are you sure about the ignition pack? I thought the 2.4 always had 4 coils. My book says coil on plug, The 2.2 in 2006 and 2007 was wasted spark. No personal experience.

I would start with a same engine build. Start with the same engine and build out your short block with the best parts available. Then if you decide to add nitrous and/or any level of tune the engine will be up to it.

The OP is 85 and just needs to replace his engine.

And Donbrew is right the 2006 LE5 2.4 l engine isn’t specifically just in the 2006 model year!
for fitment any year LE5 will do.

https://www.karlkustoms.com/product/...-engine-reman/

https://www.jasperengines.com/blog/j...tec-ohc-engine


https://paceperformance.com/i-513499...er-engine.html

LE5 = Good engine.. I am slightly biased tho..

look at the pictures it's coil-on plugs!

Yes, it is.

The oil cooler is the big difference, they decided it wasn't needed on later models. So, a later model without it will work. 2006-2008 are LE5, the flex fuel 2009-2011 are LE9 not compatible with the ECM.