Sorry if this is the wrong forum, figured the turbo folks were the ones I wanted...
I'm having an SR20DET stuffed into an N13 (1987) Pulsar SE. Using a U12 Bluebird SR20DET/ecu/wiring harness and all the goodies, I also have an attached N14 Pulsar SSS 5speed LSD transmission attached.
Everything went smoothly until we got to finding drive shafts and we found that a different half-shaft support bracket would be needed, and that none of the USDM brackets would work correctly. I'm curious if anyone here has undertaken the conversion on an USDM 200sx/Sentra/NX2000 and if they were able to use the stock bracket or if modification was necessary. I'm including a picture of the block and the five holes available and let me just say that my installer has reportedly tried brackets from various years of sr20 equipped sentras/nx2k's/200sx's and g20's to no avail. (the bolt pattern is such that we can only line one hole up...

http://images.cardomain.com/installs/26000-26999/26754_16_full.jpg

Thankyou for any assistance.

If I recall correctly, when installing a BlueBird SR20DET into a FWD US car the halfshaft support bracket does line up, except only 2 of the 3 bolts that hold it on are used.

that make any sense?
(someone please chime in if I am not correct, I am pretty sure but not certain)

david lau

Do you have any axles at all? If you at least had the axles from the Bluebird and if the length was differnt; I am assuming longer, then you could do a hybrid axle. Maybe an outer Pulsar boot mated to and inner Bluebird. You may want to try a set of 91-97 SE-R LSD axles and see if they work! Usually 1 or 2 of the holes will line up to the block for the bracket. You might be able to get away with 2 bolts rather than the 3. If the axles are too long or the outer boot doesn't fit into the hub, then you will need to find pulsar axles and do a hybrid axle to fit it in!

I hope this helps!

GTi-R swap into a 96 SE-R, used factory SE-R axles... only 2 bolts of the 3 would bolt to the block. That is fine.

-Charles

Thanks for the replies folks, especially PNWser... It has occured to me that my installer may be making a very obvious mistake in the brackets that he has tried...such as possibly using GA series brackets instead of the SR20DE bracket. I need a quick consensus here, let me know, to the best of your ability, if this is indeed the correct bracket pictured below and if it's the stock part (Nissan part number: 39780-61Y05)
http://users.ev1.net/~jdiaz/xfi/transplant/pix/95_200SX_SR20DE_halfshaft_mounting_bracket.jpg

:mad: It's freakin' official... I talked to Bruce at Beaverton Nissan who got me the part number and gave me the location of a Nissan Dealership that had the part in stock, drove down, it's exactly like the one in the picture above which is what we've been looking for. What's that mean? My installer has a whole helluva lot of explaining to do...he told me flat-out that he'd gone to the wrecking yards and all the USDM SR20DE's had different brackets which were more square and only one bolt would line up, said he'd ordered the bracket for the '95 200sx which is BS because that's the part I looked at. This is pathetic, why am I doing my installer's legwork?
Thanks for the help again!

-Freak (had to vent)

That's the one. Those two bolt holes(the ones on bothe sides of your fingers)are the two that will bolt up to the bottom two bolt holes in the block. I just put a DET in a few weeks ago..
Travis

Just a quick question, did you use the U12 or U13 BB?

U13....

Originally posted by N13 Freak
and let me just say that my installer has reportedly tried brackets from various years of sr20 equipped sentras/nx2k's/200sx's and g20's to no avail. (the bolt pattern is such that we can only line one hole up...

Thankyou for any assistance.

what about drilling another hole? A cobalt bit should be able
to go through that cast iron bracket, unless the bracket is not
long enough.