well wrong.... late 90s 2.4 had a different oiling system and coolant line system than 2002 and up. Also there was a balancing shaft difference but I bet you knew that too. also the oil pump, water pump, oil pick up tube, oil pan were all different. this is why people that had 2.4 NA engines in 2000-2005 NA cars swapped oil pan, oil pump, water pump so they can run their lower dogbone mount.