The 'white elephant' SR20DET swap

[White Comet]

theyre plenty wrong with used coils. i've tried to buy used ones twice and neither time was a good experience. with expensive important things dont buy used unless its from someone you personally know

[tramp_drift240]

i suppose thats a good idea. or you could just refrain from buying from sketchy people.

new coilovers are good though. imo.

ennyway. when're the coils coming into the project, eh.

[Didderson]

Lol I don't know trampdrift. Coils for me? probably after graduation... so next year. Either that or whenever I move out between now and then I'll spend an extra G on the car.

I'd probably go with PBM just because I've seen their greatness IRL. Although my dream coils are JIC like WC said. I have tremendous respect for them after seeing their Porsche drift car suspension setup. They're really good engineers.

Small update!:

Got some fkn sick shoes! 40 bats on sale at journeys! last pair in the store and it was my size ! I walked in and was like woah, these match my car so well. They're the drift cat style shoe made for driving comin in handy at carlisle!



Installed my base model seat today. It's so much more comfortable. I did a weight savings thing too with it. There is particle board in the back of the seat between the zipper straps. U can take that out. Plus replacing all those metal rings with zipties has to save me a few grams lol!... wow I have a problem.



zomg can't wait to drive to class tomorrow and not have my @ss hurt!

[mrgreeneyes]

its not base model nub, its a sohc seat. either way tho, that thing so so mint....

i also have driftcats... delicious. and LOL at "bats." ive worn off on you, mr tom

[Didderson]

ah ok. i wasn't sure if it was base model or sohc seats. I didn't want to be incorrect but now you got me hah. Oh and btw I took that particleboard out of your seat too when I re mounted your brackets.

[ssuto14]

love the swap.. im about to do the same to my frontier... i just got a rhd 180sx dash.. steering box and idler... and dash pieces.. ready to the rhd conversion on my truck within the next month or so.. ill keep u posted

[White Comet]

delicious. and LOL at "bats." ive worn off on you, mr tom

i tought the exact same thing. when i read that i turned to meilssa and said "Toms been hanging out with Keegan too much"

[Automato]

hey man, you got update pics with the new wheels on? oh yea, i just picked up some G35 coupe wheels that are painted black. pretty sweet deal and its gonna look awesome. also allows me to get wider tires like i've always wanted. dang, i gotta sell some of my wheels now, haha, i have way to many.

[idahotuner]

I kinda like like those seats better then the ones that came in my car. they seem more like racing seats then the dohc one.

my tires get here Tuesday i am stoked. hahaaand i get my braces of monday how is that for an update haha. oh wait this is your thread lol...

nice nismo racing harnesses.

i have old school converses for my driving when my car is done. my mom got them for my b day in september and i have wore them twice lol. i guess 2 F&F wore off on me haha cause those are waht paul walker wore lolbut hey they are light and work good.

[primer240sx]

sup guys, might be off the subject a little but i got a redtop SR swap that me and my cousin put in my s13 coupe. the thing is that it has the vertical lines on the front of the head just like the thread owners sr motor. a couple of my friends said it was a black top with a redtop vavle cover. im like okay? so your telling me the guy who sold it to me (from a canadian warehouse "nagasaki motors") fiddled with the vavle covor and changed it out for watever reason? i just want to make sure that this is original and why did nissan make it like this? whats the pros if any cons? but if its really a black top, lucky me?

[pflicht]

sup guys, might be off the subject a little but i got a redtop SR swap that me and my cousin put in my s13 coupe. the thing is that it has the vertical lines on the front of the head just like the thread owners sr motor. a couple of my friends said it was a black top with a redtop vavle cover. im like okay? so your telling me the guy who sold it to me (from a canadian warehouse "nagasaki motors") fiddled with the vavle covor and changed it out for watever reason? i just want to make sure that this is original and why did nissan make it like this? whats the pros if any cons? but if its really a black top, lucky me?

Search man don't thread jack... you didnt even say you were sorry! Those "fins" help cool i beleive the oil. Con: they add 3grams to the total weight of the vehicle. Seriously man, SEARCH!

OP: Im still stickin with the build man. Hows is going? And its weird I have those exact driver seat you do, but i have a 91 DOHC (not sohc obviously). Neways good job, keep us updated. More pix as well?

[primer240sx]

thanks dude!.

[White Comet]

sup guys, might be off the subject a little but i got a redtop SR swap that me and my cousin put in my s13 coupe. the thing is that it has the vertical lines on the front of the head just like the thread owners sr motor. a couple of my friends said it was a black top with a redtop vavle cover. im like okay? so your telling me the guy who sold it to me (from a canadian warehouse "nagasaki motors") fiddled with the vavle covor and changed it out for watever reason? i just want to make sure that this is original and why did nissan make it like this? whats the pros if any cons? but if its really a black top, lucky me?

whats the ecu code? you can tel from that. is the red paint old looking? or does it look like a repaint? it might be a late model redtop (they had the cooling fins of the blacktop)

[primer240sx]

the ECU code is E5. does this justify it as a latemodel redtop? the motor came from a warehouse, also so he just thrown an ecu connected to an uncut wiring harness with it. the one that came on the engine was all CUT up so thats just extra wires now.

[White Comet]

i'll have to check on that ecu code, i dont remember off the top of my head. but do you know if that ecu is one that'll work with the sr? or is it just some random one?

[addisonblck]

yo man like the seat....i almost conned my friend outta his s14 seat saturday.....i had him convinced that my seats were from a skyline....lol

[idahotuner]

i'll have to check on that ecu code, i dont remember off the top of my head. but do you know if that ecu is one that'll work with the sr? or is it just some random one?

red top ecu is 62n or n62 somthing with those three digits

[Didderson]

Thanks war. These nubs need reminding .The jacks haven't bothered me up until now. If you want my help primer, email me, or create a thread and email me the link. Preferably you create it in the technical or mechanic section. OR sr20det rear drive. Come on man, I stopped responding to ur msgs on myspace cuz you didn't freakin read. It's like u wanted spoon fed info lol, i posted the pics of the bumper cutting in this thread and u asked about it so obviously you didn't do research lol. But good luck.

Pic update. I attended the Tristate Tuners Meet and greet / cruise on saturday morning thru 5 pm. It was a BLAST. I met some nice 240sx people, and discovered some locals. A few were not social which was dumb of them to come to a MEET and greet without being open to conversation. Their loss.

I've been busy with a few maintenance things just today/yesterday (sunday) namely fixing tail light seals, trunk interior, seatbelts (manual drivers side belt) and I have a matching seat for the passenger side courtesy of Mrgreeneyes! Me and scott (the silver zenki) were the only ones w/ an SR (everyone says they're so common eh? lol) Funny we both had redtop/blacktops. I'm really only going to post pics of my car in this thread. I think doug has a ton of them so I'll let him post.

As you can see we had our own little nissan section (with a few randoms mixed in because I knew those guys highschool friends)



You may be able to spot my fuse block wiring which still needs work. lol the weather is keeping me at bay and just kinda laziness for perfection in this aspect. otherwise it's sexitime

My absolute favorite pic; soon to b my sig! I spy SR powah! CHUKI FKN LIFE!

smocan spottin' my car up. He's got a nice fitment coupe example on nico here.



Yes we moved cars around a lot because there was so little room for the seemingly hundreds of cars that showed up to the sonic!scott's car down past mine. Nice to meet local sr owners The only rear shot I could find.

I should give u guys a pic of my new 10" sub setup with a 400w amp. It's all I need to be happy w/ teh bass!

The man behind the madness:

Pic update coming soon? Working on greeneyes coupe tomorrow so maybe not lol, but I do have my pc at his place atm so .

[White Comet]

red top ecu is 62n or n62 somthing with those three digits

yeah teh ecu cod he gave is for an early model black top, but its hard to tell if that ecu goes with the engine since its just tossed in there with a cut harness. sorry for the aid in thread jack

Funny we both had redtop/blacktops.

ITS A REDTOP!!!!!!!!!

[idahotuner]

ITS A REDTOP!!!!!!!!!

ahaha

who would have known my old intercooler set up would get so much coverage lol. i should have put my name some where on it. that would have been cool.

i cant wait tell i can roll with my car to some meets around here. which hardly happen

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Here are the pictures... I'm too lazy to post them in school.

http://s82.photobucket.com/alb...ers08/

[positron1]

Man that "white elephant" looks good in there! Nice job!

[smocan]

good meeting you and doug at the meet, we'll def throw something together when i get back.

heres one more pic... i think its the only one i have of your car...

[idahotuner]

dude tom. something about that pic^ makes your car look badas* i think it is the hood.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

dude tom. something about that pic^ makes your car look badas* i think it is the hood.

I thought that too! I was at his house the other day and it was just staring at me... I was getting scared.

[primer240sx]

i called the guy at the shop in canada and he said that it was for the SR too. i was curiouse because i always see sr motorswaps for sale with the ecu with the code 62. but i've also seen a few with E5. my car misfires like crazy at 68-110 MPHs if i let off gas and try to gas again.
Modified by primer240sx at 6:50 AM 3/18/2008

[SRspoolin]

so the idle problem was a screw? my sr is doin the same thing, what exactly do i need?

[idahotuner]

I thought that too! I was at his house the other day and it was just staring at me... I was getting scared.

it has a shark look and color to it haha. should get plates that say JAWS

[ILoveMyRHS13]

I didn't get too many good shots from last night's touge runs... I'll get more this weekend... Plus videos.

Yeah... You had some distance on me... I closed it pretty quick.

[Didderson]

so the idle problem was a screw? my sr is doin the same thing, what exactly do i need?

yes. It was the screw that keeps the throttle body from closing completely. it's very small with a few nuts (or one) that is like 8mm. Just back that out till your TB will close completely, then put it close so the tb won't break if you let off the gas fast.

Thanks for the comments guys, i've been hanging out w/ keegan for like 3 days straight and driving a hell of a lot just enjoying the weather/car.

Finally back and showered lol.

Yeah smocan it was good meeting u and the other 240 owners man. We'll always be up for maple grove road runs, and that's closer to reading area for u.thanks so much to doug for all the pics!