dear phillip,
engine code is used by manufacturers as to identify it easily by what and when.
other than Toyota (with so many engine designs), Mitsubishi too code their engines aggresively. this is just the sample....
4G13 - 1.3cc
4G15 - 1.5cc
4G18 - 1.6cc
4G91 - 1.5cc
4G92 - 1.6cc
4G93 - 1.8cc
regarding ur 1st question, i am sorory i do no have the answer as the 1.5 Corolla is an imported & reconditioned from Japan. Remember though that 5A engine has 1.5 litres displacement.
for your 2nd question, u can easily swap engines between A series and E series inside a FWD Corolla. Just minor modification needed, mainly the engine mountings. The best thing is to confirm with your mechanic b4 the transplant.
to totoro, refer to ur postings and is it really true that the inital figures of the codes is the generation of the model?
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Format is basically
[Engine Code][Chassis Code][Generation][Variant]
A - Engine code
E - Chassis code for Corolla
8 - Generation
6 - Variant
AE101 - 10th generation Corolla, first variant
AE111 - 11th generation Corolla, first variant
in my knowledge this is the sequence of Corolla model
1. FB10
2. KE10
3. KE20
4. KE30
5. KE70
6. AE/EE80 (same family with AE86)
7. EE90/AE92
8. EE100/AE101
9. EE111/AE111
10. ZZE121/122
where Corolla Altis is actually the 12th generation, somehow I ended with it being the 10th generation. correct me please if i am wrong.