2002 motor swap year compatibility

[jamesf]

Hi all, some of you may have seen my previous thread where I discovered a lot of crank walk on a 2002 gs I just bought with 17k miles. Trying to source a new motor, and was wondering what I will have to do to make either a pre 02 motor or a post 02 motor work (most of the motors on ebay are around 06).

I know that the newer motors have an oil cooler, I'll just fab up some brackets for that. I also know that they use electronic tachs, anyone know the easiest way I could deal with that?

Any other issues I might run into that anyone knows about? Will my 02 carbs play nice with a newer motor?