SR20DET Engine swap

I have a Sentra XE 1.6L and i was wondering how hard it would be to swap a SR20det in there? with a auto trans or even stick with the manual trans... and what changes i would also need to make... if anybody could help me i would REALLY appreciate it!........

try to read some home work here.

www.nissanforums.com
www.sr20forum.com

W@W yeah i have the same car and i have the same Question but i know a guy @ my church that is big on the import scene and he said it will all bolt up perfectly he said not modifications necessary!! so i want to do it!! so if u have any tips thatd be great!1 i know some but i don't know alot about cars since i'm only 15 so any tips would be great!!
ThanX Jon D.

W@W yeah i have the same car and i have the same Question ?


Who are you talking to ?

And what yr. is you car?

B12(86-90) b13(91-94) B14(95-98) b15(99-current)

ok on my 1.6L the Cat is right after the exhaust manifold..... i was wondering if i changed the whole exhaust it does the cat have to stay in the same place?

man just get the Hotshot Turbo kit for the 1.6. you'll make a little over 200hp

if you dont have 4200 bucks then get a SR20DET and go from there. 3000 grand should get you spooling

if you dont have 4200 bucks then get a SR20DET and go from there. 3000 grand should get you spooling


well if you have 4200 to spend .
you could go with the hotshot turbo kit.

but I would have to agree with200sxgti-r.

but if you just want 200 ponys for 4200 bucks and less trouble.or spend
3000 bucks and have a bbdet with turbo up grade ,and a few xtras with205-220hp.

What i was thinking about doing was getting a Sr20det and boreing out as much as possiable then getting a stroker kit to get as much power out of it then gettin a SR trans. and switch in it to manual..for kicks...then slapin on the biggest turbo i could find while lowering it and getting new brakes and suppension...carbon fiber the whole inside....racing seats in front then custom sound system.... u know.. except body i dont really want to touch it .... well if any an R33 body kit...then custom skyline lights front and back... then the rear fenders the little bump out that it does that would be nice... but thats my plan for it hopefull around 450-500hp would be nice and probably eventuall switch it to all whell drive... yes i know its a lot of work and blah blah rice.. i dont care i want a nice car.... by the way i am serious.... please leave all feed back.....

back to the exhaust thing... does anybodyknow??? of i were to change the ehaust does the Cat have to stay in the same place??? cause mine is right after the exhaust manifold....????please some one answer this too!

What i was thinking about doing was getting a Sr20det and boreing out as much as possiable then getting a stroker kit to get as much power out of it then gettin a SR trans. and switch in it to manual..for kicks...then slapin on the biggest turbo i could find while lowering it and getting new brakes and suppension...carbon fiber the whole inside....racing seats in front then custom sound system.... u know.. except body i dont really want to touch it .... well if any an R33 body kit...then custom skyline lights front and back... then the rear fenders the little bump out that it does that would be nice... but thats my plan for it hopefull around 450-500hp would be nice and probably eventuall switch it to all whell drive... yes i know its a lot of work and blah blah rice.. i dont care i want a nice car.... by the way i am serious.... please leave all feed back.....



Wow that is a cool dream. hope you get there.

There is a stroker kit out ther for the sr. the 2.2 kit for turbo's
and 2.4 kit for N/A apps.

450-500? Well I have seen very few sentras at that lvl. one such person
on www.sr20forums.com has 429HP but that's not all turbo. there out there but you have to sink in $30,000 or more to see those numbers in a FWD SR sentra. And to boot you'll need PAR gear sets from www.JGYcustoms.com
to hold all that HP ,or you'll spend the beatter half of the summer rebuilding,and replacing you trannys.

the cat in the bag question? where to put your cat well you dont have much choice why do you want to move it?

chip-

ok ... my exhaust is set up where its the exhaust manifold then directly after that is the cat. then a little like 1 ft pipe that goes to the end of the exhaust going through a resistor... i read some where if you take the cat anf put it further down the line it actually gains hp... true or not i dont know...i was wondering if i do move it down the line will it change anything...

ok yeah i meant i have a B13 ( A 1993 XE 1.6) And i want to do that i saw a guy that went and took his 93' and made it produce 345 hp. !!!! But that's all i know and how much do u think it would cost?? and does the SR20DET come with a Turbo?? Plz let me know ThanX!

Jon D. Rock On! :) :) ;)

ok yeah i meant i have a B13 ( A 1993 XE 1.6) And i want to do that i saw a guy that went and took his 93' and made it produce 345 hp. !!!! But that's all i know and how much do u think it would cost?? and does the SR20DET come with a Turbo?? Plz let me know ThanX!

Jon D. Rock On! :) :) ;)




does the SR20DET come with a Turbo??


SR is the engine type. 20 is the displacement. DE is duel over head cam . and the T is turbo. :D So it's safe to say yes the sr20det has a turbo... and to make that many ponys you need money ave sr20det makes 205-220 stock form.

I have the same question, but I want to put a SR20DET into my 2004 Sentra 1.8s. Does anyone know if that is possible?

ok thanX! Yeah i know it would cost alot of money but even 215 is pretty fast u know!!! i was wondering could u take the turbo off of another SR20DET motor and make it a twin turbo is that possible?? if u could let me know that'd be GreaT!!

SR is the engine type. 20 is the displacement. DE is duel over head cam . and the T is turbo. :D So it's safe to say yes the sr20det has a turbo... and to make that many ponys you need money ave sr20det makes 205-220 stock form.


I forgot to add that it will run you 2500-3500 to swap it right. price for left to right is yourself@2500 ,and 2500-3500 for a shop now the shop can tune your engine .And for you it will be hard if you don't have the right tools.

ok thanX! Yeah i know it would cost alot of money but even 215 is pretty fast u know!!! i was wondering could u take the turbo off of another SR20DET motor and make it a twin turbo is that possible?? if u could let me know that'd be GreaT!!


Yes this has been done. but for the price and the timperment of the tuning to get the turbo's into sync will way out weight the bennys of a better one bigger turbo . You'll get better numbers from a single bigger turbo with the right tuning.350+ to put a number in the air.


have the same question, but I want to put a SR20DET into my 2004 Sentra 1.8s. Does anyone know if that is possible?

Yes you can.But I don't now how,or where to start. I know a few people that have the new 1.8 turbo kit. IIRC it's hot shots kit. I here good things about the kit. And it will save you a grip of money to buy the kit and not to swap..To me the swap is a last resort for power gains. Try over at www.nissanperformancemag.com or www.nissanforums.com to find the people that have put this 1.8 turbo kit on. look under sentras ,and scroll down to QR18DE secton and look. or try www.hotshots.com hope this helps guys

CHIP-

I forgot to add that it will run you 2500-3500 to swap it right. price for left to right is yourself@2500 ,and 2500-3500 for a shop now the shop can tune your engine .And for you it will be hard if you done have the right tools.

So Do u mean it's not possible to do that?? yeah i figured it would cost quite a bit of $$ but thanX 4 all the help and keep me posted!! :banghead:

you can do anything if you have enough money..


and to swap the sr20 in your car yes you can .

So Do u mean it's not possible to do that?? yeah i figured it would cost quite a bit of $$ but thanX 4 all the help and keep me posted!! :banghead:


hey here is somthing I dug up. www.nissanperformancemag.com/february99/sr20de.shtml

why would you want to twin turbo a 4 cylinder SR20DE? doesn't make any sense..!!! none what so ever!!. just size the turbo according to how much power you want to make. if you got six or more cylinders then you can twin it.

you can put an SR20 in a B15 sentra 1.8 ...my boy has on in right now...it used to be turboed but not any more.

Hey i have a right to my own opinion it's my car so why does it matter?? i don't understand but SR20B12 ThanX 4 all the help and that link!! the Price u gave me $2500-$3500 is that 4 a crate engine or just takin 1 from another car??

Well there are alot of ways to get the engine.

front clip will cost 1000-2200 bucks on ave. and this will give you all the things you need to swap. minus a few things usmd tranny and axles.

or you can get the engine with or w/o an harness. it all depends on what you would like .and how much you want to spend.

the higher price is about the cost to have a shop to put it in. itwill differ
from place to place not by much tho.



And yes you can do what you would like and noone can do anything
but it's been proven that is really not worth the headache. that's my :2cents:

Chip-

why would you want to twin turbo a 4 cylinder SR20DE? doesn't make any sense..!!! none what so ever!!. just size the turbo according to how much power you want to make. if you got six or more cylinders then you can twin it.

you can put an SR20 in a B15 sentra 1.8 ...my boy has on in right now...it used to be turboed but not any more.


Yes you can. and I have seen a 240sx SR20DETT . Now does it make sense? maybe not to you ,But to some one because it's been done to see if it could be worth it. right? other wise you would never know.
and yes turbo technology has come far in such a short time. So will we see twin turbo's even in the 6 cylinders maybe not. But that 's not for you or I do choose for him. if he wants to do it let him. it's his money too. I'm just here to answer questions with out taking sides.


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Chip-

yea but at the same time a little advice goes a long way. he obviously doesn't know much about what he is getting into. truth is it doesn't make eonomical, logical, nor practical sense to twin turbo a Fwd Sentra SR20DE. i am not saying it cant be done. i kmnow of twin turboed hondas. money is an issue for him so help guide him down the right path. the T-25 will support 250hp at high 12s low 13s. i ve seen people push more power through them. and if you want more power just get a bigger turbo. where are youi gonna fit two turbos in the engine bay? who is gonna make that custom manifold? dual wastgate? two cylinders are gonna power each turbo? or are gonna be sequentail.? in line? what are you really thinking? why stop at two why not put 4 turbos!!! one per cylinder!!!

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Yeah what smart words!!! (right) i thing i'll make it a Twin Supercharger i might as well go all out!! and give me some plans on how to make it a quad turbo incase i cant do that!!!
ur advice was a waste of ur time!

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you people crack me up ..if you dont know anything about what your talking about, it not my fault and good luck on your twin turbo SR20...when you done let me know. when your car runs like crap after the money and time spent i will have the last laugh.
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yeah right i'm not putt'in a twin turbo on it ( ~lol~ ) but yeah i just wanted to know if it was possible i din't ask u 4 ur opinion!! j/k ~lol~

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you people crack me up ..if you dont know anything about what your talking about, it not my fault and good luck on your twin turbo SR20...when you done let me know. when your car runs like crap after the money and time spent i will have the last laugh.
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Hey,

Not my game buddy. You can say it how you would like .And I know what I talk about. yes it is not the cheapest,or the big number combo.
Someone asked and I told them it's been done and works. I have never wanted nor would ever do this to my SR20 one T is enough for me.

cool.

thats all i was saying too. i know its been done and it works but i just couldn't figure out why. just to be different maybe? anyway no problem...its all good no hard feelings

Oh Yeah i just wanted to see if it has been done i ain't gonna do it cuz it would be a pain but just wanted to see if it was ever done but thanX 4 all da' input!! Oh to do the SR20DET Engine Swap does it matter what year the car is that the engine came out of?? if u could let me know that'd be great!! ThanX!

for your b13 (91-93) stay in this yr. range to stay simple. U12-U13 if it's a BBDET

ok ThanX i thought there must be a catch....~lol~ But seriously ThatX 4 all da help and support you've helped me out alot! ThanX! :) ;)

It does indeed matter which year it came out of. If you just want to keep FWD on your B15 Sentra, I believe an NX2000 SR20 would work fine (Anyone else's input?)

Also, for B15 Sentra's (2000-2005) you can do a swap from a 1988 Nissan Pulsar GTi-R, and do an AWD conversion. However, this path leads to many difficulties, and in the car world, difficulties are expensive.

You'd be better off with a single turbo than putting a twin turbo on a 2.0L 4, but to each their own I suppose.

A Garret T3/T4 hybrid would be my personal choice for the AWD SR20 swap, as it has nice spool-up time, as well as nice airflow. A nice combination of turbine and compression wheel.

hey Fialchar were u referring to me?? ~lol~

guys some of you need help. try www.sentra.com or form 2000-up.
www.b15sentra.com. the qa16de or 1.6l. is a driffrent set up than the 2.0L or sr20de,sr20det,or sr20vet. and one turbo is the only set up you need. if done right and have the money you can push 30psi and 700hp out of sr20det or sr20vet. vet has driffrent heads oversea setup. but if you want to do the setup the cv axles the brakes motor mounts just about the whole front end needs to be changed out then have fon with the thrid petal setup. i`ll stick with my 1.6l and a jim wolf turbo.
:evillol: :evillol: :evillol: :banghead: :loser:

guys some of you need help. try www.sentra.com or form 2000-up.
www.b15sentra.com. the qa16de or 1.6l. is a driffrent set up than the 2.0L or sr20de,sr20det,or sr20vet. and one turbo is the only set up you need. if done right and have the money you can push 30psi and 700hp out of sr20det or sr20vet. vet has driffrent heads oversea setup. but if you want to do the setup the cv axles the brakes motor mounts just about the whole front end needs to be changed out then have fon with the thrid petal setup. i`ll stick with my 1.6l and a jim wolf turbo.
:evillol: :evillol: :evillol: :banghead: :loser:



700 ponys has never made it to a FWD yet. let along jun is the only
one to hit that mark.Note: with about 20,000 bucks you might start to see those numbers...! the most I've seen is 430 in a FWD. any more and you'll just sit there and spint the rubber right off the wheels.Not to add the par gears sets. for real people ! you'll end up killing yourself,or your pocket book. I think it would be safe to say 205- 300 is the max most will ever need and would spend due to the money needed go above 300...HP!

i didn`t say it was in a fwd. it was in a 240sx but it was a sr20det.

i didn`t say it was in a fwd. it was in a 240sx but it was a sr20det.


Still a tall order for a 240SX. Note the thread was stating FWD app. for the SR20DET.And not the RWD version.:D dew to :screwy: people
that are to dumb to due home work , or to new to know.

the truth of the matter is that people are always caught up in the Numbers game. high HP is nice if you can get it to the ground and make it stick.

i saw the car on one of the import shows it had 30psi and the did say it was dinoed at 700hp.

i saw the car on one of the import shows it had 30psi and the did say it was dinoed at 700hp.


ok . now you basic ave joe tuner will not have that much tied up in there machine.Due to the fact you need six figures to get such.

now you drift machines will have lots of ponys,and sponsors to pay for parts,or get free bees..:D