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Mensaf · 04-11-2008, 01:36 PM

I've had more than a few SR's. I actually got bored, and viola, I now rock a Trans Am, lol. Stock they're really nice and reliable. It's a 2.0 turbo motor that was factory stock in 240s (known as Silvias) in Japan, and everywhere else in the world. All you needed was a few bolt ons (that you'd usually do when you first do the swap btw) to hit the 300 mark, and with a sub 2500lb car, it translates into good fun.

The "baby skyline" motor the person above may have been referring to was the ca18det, which was a 4cylinder (same architecture, 2 less cylinders) version of the rb20det (2.0 6 cyl found in the base rwd models of the first modern series Skyline).

So yea. SR20DET. Someone put one in an F body, and it was a drastic weight reduction. It was still live axle, but rather than having iron block/iron heads/heavy trans in the engine bay, there was an aluminum 2.0 turbo and a ridiculous amount of free space to work in. Hell, I have so much experience with SR's that I'd like to go that route

just to piss people off.

04-11-2008, 01:36 PM	#12
Mensaf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 96 iTrader: (0)	I've had more than a few SR's. I actually got bored, and viola, I now rock a Trans Am, lol. Stock they're really nice and reliable. It's a 2.0 turbo motor that was factory stock in 240s (known as Silvias) in Japan, and everywhere else in the world. All you needed was a few bolt ons (that you'd usually do when you first do the swap btw) to hit the 300 mark, and with a sub 2500lb car, it translates into good fun. The "baby skyline" motor the person above may have been referring to was the ca18det, which was a 4cylinder (same architecture, 2 less cylinders) version of the rb20det (2.0 6 cyl found in the base rwd models of the first modern series Skyline). So yea. SR20DET. Someone put one in an F body, and it was a drastic weight reduction. It was still live axle, but rather than having iron block/iron heads/heavy trans in the engine bay, there was an aluminum 2.0 turbo and a ridiculous amount of free space to work in. Hell, I have so much experience with SR's that I'd like to go that route just to piss people off.