Project Auto-X B13 Sentra SE-R

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:46 am

Well, picked this little car up today for less than a grand. It's a 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R (B13 Chassis) with the factory SR20DE (Non turbo version of the motor that is in my 240SX). The motor has a spun rod bearing, but other than that runs fine, ha ha. Thanks to a buddy I have a spare engine sitting on the side of my house from his G20, so I'm good to go!

This car I am building as my not only my winter daily driver, but as my purpose built autox car! That's right, I am going to build this car for a certain SCCA class to compete in autox next year! I'll have to figure out what class I am going to shoot for first, but for now, I'm just going to be getting the car ready for the winter! I want to keep the budget under $3000 if I can!

Now for pics in the condition I picked it up in!

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:47 am

Also, does anyone know how to tell from the VIN if the car has the LSD transmission?

Post by **2fourOh** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:01 am

You were right man those rims dont look bad at all! its got potential dude!

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:45 pm

Totally! Can't wait to get it running (without a rod knock that is.. ha ha)

Here is the uncleaned interior...

Just a quick exterior wash to end the day!

Post by **RED_DET** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:59 pm

All se-r's had a LSD.

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:04 pm

RED_DET wrote:All se-r's had a LSD.

Lol, guess I've been hanging around my G20 buddy too long then, because with those cars it's a hit and miss with the LSD option, ha ha. Thanks though!

I have a QR25DE 6 speed transmission sitting in my garage I might be thinking of putting in the car, but I still have a bunch of parts I need to get still for the complete swap setup!

Post by **nametakennow** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:50 am

Probably ought to keep the 5spd. The 6spd won't really help you, at least not for the cost. What year is it out of?

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:59 am

The 6 spd is the taller geared one out of an '05

haha. Just figured since it was just laying around...

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:39 pm

Well, I finally got my replacement engine on the engine stand! It's out of a 91 G20, so it's even the same year motor as the car. Engine has about 180k on it I believe, but it doesn't have a rod knock! lol

Post by **marcello** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:58 pm

even the old ones had a LSD ( the ones in the pictures????)

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:43 pm

Worked on cleaning the engine a little bit today, lol

Post by **jdansmith** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:57 pm

looks good

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:15 pm

Well, worked on the car a bit today (Finally!!!) lol. Anyways, I basically finished cleaning the new motor, and I started to take crap out of the engine bay....

Cleaned exhaust side...

Engine Bay

Post by **tristatesentra** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:48 am

car looks good man gl with the project

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:48 pm

Well, after 3 weeks, I finally got all my Tsuru headlight conversion and taillights! Everything is Nissan Factory and is brand new! It even came with all the Tsuru emblems which I didn't ask for, ha ha

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:34 pm

Well, I finally got around to working on the car some more, got the motor pulled out! Here are some pics of today's adventure, lol...

The roommate.... ha ha

More to come shortly!

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:07 pm

Well, I worked on transferring some parts from the old motor to the new, as well as installed a header. It's just a cheaper JVT header, and I had to do some modifications to it so it would not only fit correctly, but flow better as well. I also, installed some new tune up parts as well as a JDM upper intake manifold, so I can delete all the emissions stuff. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to get the motor finished up and possibly even get it in the car! I'll be working on it for 6 hours or so...

Post by **jdansmith** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:14 pm

Post a sound clip when finished. I would like to see how it sounds. Looks like you are making good progress so far. I'm so jealous!

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:10 pm

jdansmith wrote:Post a sound clip when finished. I would like to see how it sounds.

I will!!!

Here's my progress today... Hopefully more tomorrow. Didn't get as much done as I wanted, lol...

Post by **naladude911** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:06 am

subsribed. Just a question, that inner taillight bezel, does it light up? My mom used to have a P10, I wish she kept it. (g20)

Post by **jr.** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:40 am

ElNegro wrote:Also, does anyone know how to tell from the VIN if the car has the LSD transmission?

all se-rs had lsd, except 97 & 98 200sx se-rs they were peg leg.

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:39 pm

jr. wrote:
all se-rs had lsd, except 97 & 98 200sx se-rs they were peg leg.

Yup, figured that out a long time ago, lol

Post by **total_pwnage** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:09 pm

loks good

Post by **92SERinINDY** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:31 pm

looks good man, i got a 92, i plan on boosting it, i just had the head redone on it for a pretty good price, when my guy had the head off he said all looked good other wise, even on the bottom end *he replaced the oil pan gasket as well, some nice pictures, you should've painted the valve cover black to match, lol, just playing you got your work cut out for you

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:13 am

I was going to paint the valve cover, but I got lazy and decided I'd do it later, ha ha. I was going to go with a gunmetal though...

Post by **92SERinINDY** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:28 am

yeah i suppose that would look cool too, i think i'm painting mine red next time i have it off (car is red)

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:59 am

I didn't want to do red, because my RWD S13 SR is red, ha ha.

Post by **92SERinINDY** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:25 pm

well of course you don't want matching engines now in two different cars, ha,ha

Post by **grayfox** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:52 pm

Are there any advantages to the Tsuru headlights other than different appearance?

Post by **2_Liter_Turbo** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:55 pm

grayfox wrote:Are there any advantages to the Tsuru headlights other than different appearance?

Well, they are brand new, so they will be brighter for awhile, lol. Other than that, not really ha ha

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