![]() ![]() All 2.2 engines have cast iron blocks, use a timing belt, and are non- interference engines. The bore spacing is 96 mm (3.78 in), limiting the potential for increased bore diameter. It is a siamesed engine: there are no coolant passages between cylinders. Developed under the leadership of Chief Engineer – Engine Design and Development Willem Weertman and head of performance tuning Charles "Pete" Hagenbuch, who had worked on most of Chrysler's V-8 engines and the Chrysler Slant-6 engine, it was introduced in the 1981 Dodge Aries, Dodge Omni, Plymouth Horizon and Plymouth Reliant, and was produced until 2000. The first version of this engine family was a normally aspirated 2.2 L (134 cu in) unit. It was the first Chrysler engineered four cylinder engine since the Chrysler flathead four cylinder was discontinued in 1933. After its launch in 1981, it became the basis for all Chrysler-developed 4-cylinder engines until the Chrysler 1.8, 2.0 & 2.4 engine family was released in 1994.
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