Made an account just to chime in and hopefully help some people in the future who wants to do a 2015-2017 engine in a 2012-2014 car. I own a repair shop in Salt Lake City Utah and just completed the swap for a customer. here’s the notable things I had to change to make it work.
crank sensor at rear and associated mounting bracket on block as well as the flywheel/trigger wheel in the back of the engine. Not sure I’d trigger wheel was needed but didn’t feel like risking it and having to drop trans again to swap.
complete wiring harness and ignition coils from the 2013 car.
coolant crossover pipe on top of engine and associated coolant hoses as well as EGR pipe from the 2013.
All accessories EG alternator ac idlers etc, like mentioned above whole setup is different and timing cover On 2012-14 has a Threaded part on it for an extra idler the newer cars don’t have.
timing cover, for the reason mentioned above and depending on mileage of motor would be a good idea to reseal anyway
CAM PHASER TRIGGER WHEELS!!!
I saw it was mentioned above that the cam sensors would read the newer style trigger wheels which does seem to be the case but on my swap I had codes P0011 and p0021 for intake camshaft timing over advanced.
I was looking at the data on my scanner and it was reading all 4 sensors with the newer trigger wheels but for some reason thought timing was off. I ended up pulling the timing cover again after the new motor was in the swapping the older style cam phase trigger wheels on all 4 cams and codes are now gone!! If it was me I would not risk it on this swap and just swap the cam phase wheels from the get go and save the headache. It’s just 3 12mm bolts on each cam and a retaining clip to get them off.
overall pretty straight forward and the cam phaser issue is all I ran into.
if anyone in the salt lake area needs the swap done reach out to this account and I can give you my info, you would be around 1500-2000 in labor+ an engine to do this swap at my shop.
