What's it take to maintain

[nousablenames133]

Hi,

I had a s14 zenki with coilovers and a lsd, but i totalled it, driving in a poor mental condition. not something I plan on repeating. Anyway I'm currently daily driving a E36 328i (cheapest FR sedan) and I'm really thinking about switching back to the s-chassis.

I found a clean s13 hb with a notchtop in it. motor is all stock except for a hks blowoff valve and hks air filter walbro 255 fuel pump, and it's lowered on tein s springs with kyb shocks. the guy is asking $5000. seems like a good deal

Point is: i was trolling through some threads and a guy was telling someone off not to buy a sr20 because they take constant maintenance he didn't think the buyer could do. i'm fairly car savvy, but i don't have any asphalt to work on (just gravel at my parents' house, who are not car savvy) and my only means of getting under a low car is the pos scissor jack it comes with.

What does it take to maintain a SR20det notchtop well?

[Ilvemynissan]

An oil change lol. It's just like any other motor man.

[duffman1278]

Its just a normal engine like any other, just make sure to change the oil, coolant(when the time comes) I mean besides that, no need, unless something internally is wrong with the engine.

[nousablenames133]

thanks, I kinda figured it was just another boinger with an oe snail shell, but that other guy made it sound like they put apex seals on it lol.

I also wanted to verify that turbo timers aren't necessary for oe applications unless you're driving by the redline all the time.

[Ilvemynissan]

You don't NEED one, I've driven my Redtop for the last year without one. If I want my motor to run for a little bit I just sit in my car.

[nzmoman]

I just warm it up when I'm leaving and sit in it for 30 seconds to let the fluids flow when I'm getting out. That is one thing that I do with my car all the time is warm it up before I start driving. You don't have to, but mine runs much smoother in the morning if I warm it up first. Especially when its 50 or 60 degrees out.

[Ilvemynissan]

[shift_SRDETuser]

cold engine under BOOST = Teh Suck...................

Yeah if you maintain it and replace other things such as belts and oil -- then it should give 100s of thousands miles of good service....

be good to your SR20DET and it will be good to you.....

[nzmoman]

^^^^well said^^^^