I've got a friend with a '97ish Dodge Avenger, and I was talking with him yesterday about it, and ended up with a question-

Does the Avenger with the 420a use the same transmission as a Neon? Is it the same engine as the one from a Neon?

I think both are true- he has another buddy ranting that because it's based on a Mitsubishi Galant platform, even though the engine is a 420A and the trans is on the opposite side of the car from where a Mitsu trans would be in the engine bay, he insists that both the engine and transmission are different than those in Neons.

It came down to this- He wants to put a SRT-4 drivetrain into his Avenger, and other guy thinks that swapping in a 4G63 (DSM) engine/trans would be easier. I find that hard to believe when I see people going from 420As in Neons to the 2.4 from time to time and was previously told they mount exactly the same

So... anyone know?