my 97 200sx

[wheelz]

hey if any one can tell me how to turbo a ga16de id appreciate it. not many people do it but oh well.

[dickie]

whats up! we had someone asking this same question a while back and it was decided that it would probably be do-able, but maybe more trouble and money than its worth when there are cheap fwd sr20de's to be swapped and turbo'ed.

dont let that ruin your aspirations though! if someone's done it, chances are someone on Nico has seen it. check out the search feature and our sentra forums for more details.

good luck and welcome to Nico!

[wheelz]

thanx d!ck. and nice cars. did japan come out with a two door sunny of the same year as my 97?

[oldschoolsilvia]

Will this help?

http://nissanperformancemag.co...x.php

[wheelz]

thanks for the help. i have an injen rd cold air intake shotshot header and custom exhaust on my car. and i dont wanna do the sr conversion.

[mchkc240]

Why dont you do Sr20 swap??? It's much better~

[dickie]

pretty interesting. i wonder how it would have gone if it were a person with limited resources performing the build rather than a magazine with sponsor hookups...

also, if they had started with the sr, would they have been making more reliable power for what they spent than 226 at the crank? i would have to think so, but im not an sr guy, nor am i a fwd nissan owner. maybe someone with experience can offer some advice?

[nametakennow]

It is definitely more expensive per hp to turbo a GA than to swap an SR. A Bluebird SR20DET can be had for ~$1000 and swapped in by yourself without too many headaches.

Take a look at the sticky in the Sentra/200SX section to see all of your options, then hit up the people at Soko Motors (soko.com) for the most reliable source of FWD SRs.

A turbo GA is a novelty, but definitely not the most effective way of adding power.

[1.6beaviss200sx]

i have a97 200sx se ga16 turbo i have jwt ecu,(jimwolftech)for a 96 200sx se-370ccinjectors-s14 mafsensor greddyboost sensor -jwt cams-hotshot headers,turbo t24-not cat obx tip aem filter frontmount intercooler jwt aluminum flywheel 6puckclutch,motor mounts,!and more too! apexi bov-but dont get one not enough boost pressure go to nissanperformancemag.com!!!!project evil twin and more step by step to 250+whp!!and12.7s make you proud to own it!!!

[dickie]

post pics/website/etc... dont keep us in the dark!

[Chris859]

It has been done before... Over on nissanforums there is one of the guys there that autocrosses his turbo ga16de... IIRC, he is making a little over 250whp. There is NO WAY, you can swap in the sr20det cheaper than turboing the ga16de. It has been covered before - and on top of the $1500 sr20det "swap", you will have to spend another $1500(bare minimum) in misc. related parts to convert from the ga to an sr. And that isn't even counting the upgrades you should do for the det in a b14, nor the minor things you should do on the sr20det before installing (tune up, all new seals, water pump, belts, etc). The normal se-r b14 transmissions are known to only take around 250whp before certain death occurs(all though you can bump that number up by an additional 150hp or so with mods - $250). Anyways - just my opinion on the matter. For more info on ga16de turbo stuff check out posts made by "wes" at nicoclub.com Lots of ga16de(t) info there.

Edit... it really is bs changing my links to information for people. the above site should be nissanforums dot com ...not nicoclub.com like it changed it to.
Modified by Chris859 at 10:25 PM 3/27/2007

[Chris859]

double post... nevermind this one!
Modified by Chris859 at 10:12 AM 3/28/2007

[nametakennow]

Entirely incorrect. A good-condition SR20DET can be had for about $1k, and the conversion parts listed in the sticky at the top can be had out of a junkyard for well under $1500 as well.

Turboing a GA would require a tune up and the miscellaneous extras to make it work right (exhaust, ECU, etc) just like an SR, so those costs are a given either way.

We have a mod here with 278whp on a B13 transmission, a B14 could handle that much as well. Regardless, a DET swapped in without bumping up the boost isn't going to have 250whp anyway, and a few PSI bump is going to put it at the limit. FWD cars become a handful around that point anyway, so generally people stop between 220 and 250.

A turbo GA is cool and all, but unless your goal is to be "different," there's no point.

[wheelz]

hey all im looking for people in mid tennessee that meet up and where and when.