Ok, I am new here, but not new to this Forum stuff.

I decided I want to buy a cheap old NX and make it a nice track car. I want to drop in a SR20DET. I am not some stupid ricer who doesnt know much, but I only know about motor swaps in Hondas unfortunatley.

So if any of you guys know if I need to change motor mounts and the other good stuff let me know please. I want to get the motor JSPEC since obviously thats the only form of it, so this would mean it comes with fuel injector hopefully so I dont need to put 300zx ones on there or anything. Also I want the tranny that comes with it, so I obviously need the FWD motor/tranny deal.

Any tips and other info is highly appreciated.

Thanx

http://www.se-r.net/engine/swap/index.html

And I plan on getting a NX2000 not the NX1600, but if the 1600 is cheaper and the mounts are the same as the SR20DE, do you guys think its worth it?

hummmmm........... I think you better do a search......... Trust me, i'm being nice. On this forum Sr20 ignorance is not looked at nicely and shouldn't be (since almost all the info is at hand).

-Mario

Oh and to answer your questions.
-The sr20det with tranni doesn't make a difference, because you can't use it anyway. There is no such thing as a FWD det only awd and rwd.
-You will not need to change your motor mounts if you have an sr20 powered car (all 91-98 ser's, all nx2k's and 97? - 02 sentra se's). so that should answer your NX1600 question.

-Mario (who doesn't flame on newbies............. this 1 time:) )

Ahh common, my question wasnt to bad, I did a search, look at my second post, I found some answers.

I was reading somewhere there is a FWD SR20DET and a RWD one, is this false information?

Originally posted by JBL85
I was reading somewhere there is a FWD SR20DET and a RWD one, is this false information?

It's false information. The fwd tranni works on the awd engine which confuses many to belive that the awd engine is fwd.

-Mario

So this means I am stuck using the OEM tranny which is gonan be a money pit since I wanna buy one with 150k on it.

In my experience swapping engine, tranny, ecu and harness was best done all at once.....

Ill see how this works out, I dont even know if I can get this car sponsored yet, I guess I will see what the guys say.

Try the Turbo Forum. All the answers are there.
I see you went to the se-r.net. Good choice.

If your tranny is not popping out of 5th gear I don't see why a 150K tranny is a problem. If this is gonna be a track whore it will not be cheap. But coming from Honda you will be used to that.

The DET is a direct swap. All but the RWD motor will work in a FWD car.
Welcome. The Nissan is a car that is the easiest car to make power out of. I wonder why sooo many people are leaving Honda after they baaashed Nissan sooooo much over the years. Hmmm.

Originally posted by Pretty White
Try the Turbo Forum. All the answers are there.
I see you went to the se-r.net. Good choice.

If your tranny is not popping out of 5th gear I don't see why a 150K tranny is a problem. If this is gonna be a track whore it will not be cheap. But coming from Honda you will be used to that.

The DET is a direct swap. All but the RWD motor will work in a FWD car.
Welcome. The Nissan is a car that is the easiest car to make power out of. I wonder why sooo many people are leaving Honda after they baaashed Nissan sooooo much over the years. Hmmm.

I am gonna be 19 in december, Nissan is the only car I have ever driven, and probably will stay that way for awhile longer. I never drove hondas, all my friends do, so I know about what goes into those car, swaps and what not. I wanted a project car and i thought about a honda. Since those are overplayed, the only thing I could think of was to do a nissan swap since these are the best motors. Decided to go for the lightest one(NX) and a stout motor(SR20).

My friends motor builders are starting up a shop and need him to advertise, so these guys know nissan. I am waiting to see if they will sponsor me to so I can do this project. I am a full time student and dont work much so this is still a maybe.

Thanks for being cool and helpful guys.

Despite looking small, the NX is not the lightest.
That hatch glass adds some weight, more so if you
get the common t-tops, and the bigger brakes and
rotors help the stopping but not the weight.

Here is what was involved for a swap in a 200SX
SE-R it'd be pretty close to the same for an NX.

http://www.se-r.net/engine/swap/index.html

Read up and ask questions. Good luck.

Dr Kwak, for me it is the lightest, I was going to do a motor swap in my 86 300zx but it weighs 3600lbs. The NX weighs probably 1000lbs less than that. Thanx for the link I found it and its useful.

I'm gonna try this winter a det swap in a nx1600!
I got my eyes on a 1996 nissan avenir awd engine.
It can be placed on a primera gt and nx2000 gearbox,
too bad in europe those gearbox's dont have vlsd om 'em.
The det was and is only made as a awd and rwd engine.
check this guys at www.gonzonx.com
this man is grazy!!!
he bought a sr20VE and then turbocharged it!!!!
Maybe you'll can learn something from that!

Hey I believe that the classics are actually the lightest. Not by much though. Like you said mainly cause of the hatch and T-tops.