WHY SHOULD I GET THE NEW SER SPEC V 2002? I WAS A HONDA GUY BUT MY FRIEND CHANGED MY MIND SHOWIMG ME MORE POWER FROM A 4 CYLINDER

Personally I believe you should look for a car with the SR20DE motor before considering the Spec-V with the QR25DE. You may have some decent torque with the QR but it rolls off quickly and there is no horsepower up top.

Get yoursellf a used 200SX or Sentra SE-R. I haven't followed the Spec-V too closely, but I think the new regular 2.0 SE-R may feature the allmighty SR20DE. Get it instead of the Spec-V and you'll have a better platform to build on.

The way i feel is, get it because nissan didnthave to bring it back for us. we have to keep the vibe alive and hopefully encourage nissan to bring out even faster se-r's...who knows the 2005 may have a sr20ve (just wishfull dreaming, and graduation gift :D) but if i could afford it at this point in my life i would get one just to represent our community.

You almost have to get the spec v now to go along with your screen name and all.

I personally like the new se-r but that only thing that gets me is 4 doors. God I hate 4 door cars but thats the a personal opion. Whatever you do, just make sure that you get something you like because after all. You will be the one driving it. :)

My se-r is almost paid off and i'm thinking of getting one. Motor Trend does a great shoot out between the se-r, svt focus, 1.8T GTi, and something else this month and it has very respectable performance plus I love the one I test drove.

I had a white one for 2 days!! damn i loved it!! nice stock system, alright power, looks tight! nice interior... i'm getting all weepy now, damnit!! But i guess i'm stuck to turboing my 97 SE-R instead! OH well! I think the spec-v has a lot of N/A potential!! Go for it if you can afford it.

my problem with the new one - the front end is butt-ugly and the rest of the car isn't that great either. i'm no grt fan of the 200-sx se-r's but they are a lot better looking than the new sentra se-r

The Spec V that I'm referencing off of is the street concepts one that you can check out on www.freshalloy.com . It tight!! 19's, carbon fiber hood, custom interior, supercharged!! Now that's what I'm talkin bout!!

I would say get it. The aftermarket will follow this car, they're bound too. There is a lot of aftermarket backing for this car but not as much as there is for the SR20DE engines. For the price it cannot be beat. At $5000 less than a new RSX type S you get a really good package that can easily be modded if you want, and the lower sticker price will allow you to modify the car to easily compete, and overpower a higher priced new RSX or even a new GTS for the same amount of money spent. I guess the final decision is yours, so you should go and test drive one (if you haven't yet) and see for yourself if you like the car.

Originally posted by CNibbana

. I haven't followed the Spec-V too closely, but I think the new regular 2.0 SE-R may feature the allmighty SR20DE. Get it instead of the Spec-V and you'll have a better platform to build on.


2000-2001 B15 Sentra SE = SR20DE
2002+ B15 Sentra SE-R(and spec v) QR25DE

the sentra SE (and thus the SR20DE) were discontinued from nissan's lineup in 2002. now they offer the XE, GXE(with QG18DE) and the SE-R and SE-R spec-V (with QR25DE)

sux they dropped the SR20DE....