sr20 install tip

[9Dsx_Drvr]

Hey I finally dropped the sr20 in this weekend. What a B!+@H. The engine droped just fine into the engine bay no sweat. It took maybe 5min. But, I was an 2 inches off on both motor mounts. The engine would just not go back far enough. So here is what I ended up doing. I went on

http://www.nissanperformancema...40sr/http://www.superstreetonline.com/howto/3430/http://www.srswap.com/faq/index.asp#prepengineI even got this issue of "Drifting" which was the best!

Anyway they give you the steps about moving the heater hoses from going to the drivers side and point the to the passenger side. You have to do this BEFORE you drop the engine. Because like I said its tight! Well those hoses did not give enough room to push the motor back. So, here is my tip. You have to hoses. #1 hose is an "L" shape that you turn 180 deg. The #2 hose is connected to a hard line that run along the back of the head. Everyone says to arrange the hose so it is on the hard line and going back to the passenger side. But, that hard line is in the way of the head moving far enough into the firewall. So I cut the hard line right at the back of the head. So now on my block I have 2 hard lines coming out at the same length and the are both only a couple of inches from the heater hose outlet from the firewall.

I hope this helps.

[sr20-thoj]

It was simple for me.. Ive taken my motor out alot of times.. what i did.. was just use a transmission lift, slide it under the car, lift the transmission up a little.. and voila.. because it is now angled horizontally it goes in perfectly.. for the lines I used an L shaped hose as you said..

[9Dsx_Drvr]

I have read a lot of people not having any problems. but I have only about 3" btwn my head and firewall. Its really close. Is anyone else this close?

[ILikeMy240sx]

Yeah, everytime I put the motor back in.. its always a big biotch. Taking out is literally less than 5 mins but lining up the engine mount to the subframe takes alot of patience.

It helps if you have something to lift up the trans and a load leverer to angle the engine properly. It still take alot of time and patience.