sr20 swap, a few Q's

[fancynapkin]

alright, Im looking at a 240 w/ an sr20 swap as a fast daily driver.

My question is, will I lose power steering and AC if I do the swap? If so, damnit, might have to go vtec

My other question is concerning the legality of doing the swap. Is it actually legal to do? (in Michigan...)

[Hijacker]

you can keep both AC and power steering.

As far as legality going, the SR is technically illegal as a road motor. It was never offered in the US in the RWD configuration. Not to mention it can't pass CA emissions (not that that concerns you in Michigan), but it has passed less stringent emissions laws.

[fancynapkin]

you can keep both AC and power steering.

As far as legality going, the SR is technically illegal as a road motor. It was never offered in the US in the RWD configuration. Not to mention it can't pass CA emissions (not that that concerns you in Michigan), but it has passed less stringent emissions laws.

alright, let me rephrase now, is it easy to keep AC and power steering? Is it the norm for the swap, or do people usually do w/o em'?

So the motor if isn't legal, how can people use them in their cars? Is there no enforcement?

[AJ1356]

you can keep the ac and and power steering. as far as ppl having sr's in their cars it is just that many states don't care enough about it to enforce the laws. which is good for us. makes life much easier

[ILikeMy240sx]

hi there buddy,

glad to see another person from a2 area here on board.. I think there are about 5 of us here on NICO that live around there including me.

SR motor in your car is illegal everywhere. Technically its not supposed to be in your car. Now in MI, since no one cares about emission they do not check anything so you can get by but if you live in other states where they do visual inspection and a sniff test.... you better know somebody and have some extra cash.

[Hijacker]

Power steering is very easy to keep. Especially if you have a 91+ model 240SX (the 89-90 models had the pump on the other side of the car, so you'd need to source the 91+ lines) With the 91+ cars, all you have to do is attach the high pressure and low pressure lines to the SR pump.

A/C can get a bit tricky because the DOHC KA compressor won't fit exactly. You can half *** it and get 2 or 3 bolts to screw in, but you won't have all 4 of the bolts that normally hold the compressor on. If you have the SR compressor, you're in luck. you can have a shop vent the freon, and then swap the lines onto the SR pump and then recharge the system.

[fancynapkin]

hi there buddy,

glad to see another person from a2 area here on board.. I think there are about 5 of us here on NICO that live around there including me.

hey, do ever go to the a2sportcompact meets? I know there is a guy (jake) with a flat black 240 around here.

http://www.a2sportcompacts.com

[bruinbear714]

Power steering is very easy to keep. Especially if you have a 91+ model 240SX (the 89-90 models had the pump on the other side of the car, so you'd need to source the 91+ lines) With the 91+ cars, all you have to do is attach the high pressure and low pressure lines to the SR pump.

A/C can get a bit tricky because the DOHC KA compressor won't fit exactly. You can half *** it and get 2 or 3 bolts to screw in, but you won't have all 4 of the bolts that normally hold the compressor on. If you have the SR compressor, you're in luck. you can have a shop vent the freon, and then swap the lines onto the SR pump and then recharge the system.

What he said.

[ILikeMy240sx]

yeah Ive seen that flat black S13 once on campus.