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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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I would take the head off and check for internal damage. Most JDM SR20s are notorious for having heads overtightened, or scoring cam journals, etc. Would be a good time to do a proper metal head gasket too (as these engines need it).
Thanks for the advice, but seriously get a clue. I appreciate you trying to help out I guess but nothing you mentioned is even true. Maybe cam scoring (which is actually pretty rare), but its not the first bad thing youd see on a bad engine.

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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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I would really like to see, and possibly ride in this car when its finished. You are close also. Plan on making any local meets? We have a big meet at Road Atlanta in July. Its called Zoom-Fest. You should come check it out.
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by skillzilla
Thanks for the advice, but seriously get a clue. I appreciate you trying to help out I guess but nothing you mentioned is even true. Maybe cam scoring (which is actually pretty rare), but its not the first bad thing youd see on a bad engine.

Again thanks for the input.
I wonder why the last 6 or so SR20 redtops that i helped various people source all had scored cam journals and damaged head components. Blacktops which are newer have a lesser chance.

Of course it's not the first bad thing, because you need to take the head off to see it. If it didn't happen to you, maybe you got lucky or got a good motor.

Then again, what would i know about nissan engines.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Miata_mx5
I wonder why the last 6 or so SR20 redtops that i helped various people source all had scored cam journals and damaged head components. Blacktops which are newer have a lesser chance.

Of course it's not the first bad thing, because you need to take the head off to see it. If it didn't happen to you, maybe you got lucky or got a good motor.

Then again, what would i know about nissan engines.
then again...what would HE know...or the wealth of knowledge of the people within shouting distance...if it was that important, don't you think he would have already done it?




J, I ordered radiator, fuel system, mounts and all that other crap to make it run. I might do the harness myself, donno yet. Should be running without exhaust by the beginning of may. I got the cobra oil pan fixed too, should be running today and getting an alignment this weekend, had to drop the whole K member to get the pan off. (sorry for posting on your thread but I need to up my post count to PM)


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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Then again, what would i know about nissan engines.
LOL. I trust you.
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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Hey i tried doing wat u said about the speedo but i have a problem i had a auto tranny and took out the speedo but i notice that the gear teeth were in the wrong direction so u think i need one from a manual tran t2 or na
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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Hmmm, I dunno about that, not sure what mazda sensors are different. Assuming the cables are the same and spin the same direction you could use any sensor that matches up. I just used the stock TII one so that i knew for a fact my speedo would be accurate, the tooth count is dependent on the final drive gearing.

Nissan ones work too
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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this is so wrong only way you can make it right is give me your old turbo2 engine and trans LOL nice swap man
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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so sick... i've been into nissans since i have started but now i got and rx7.... i know alot about 240's so if anything went down with my motor i'm doing this swap into my GTU..
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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He again just asking wat throttle cable u used
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 09:24 AM
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Stock FC cable and sensor. Had to oval out the mounting hole on the sensor a bit but other than that it was fine, reached the other side of the tranny with no issues.
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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ah reminds me of chris's FC. http://www.drifting.com/forums/buy-a...-drift-fc.html
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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It should a little bit, I ended up with all the SR swap parts from that car.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 09:02 AM
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No not the speedo cable the gas pedal cable for the throttle body
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Old May 1, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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Oh hahaha my bad Same answer though, stock FC. I had to loop it back toward the MBC then over to the throttle body. The stocvk cable had some supports on it already so I used those to keep it away from stuff, if you want I can take some pics tomorrow.

I used the stock SR cable bracket on the intake manifold, but I flipped it around and cut it up some, then rebent it to match the angle needed. Worked out pretty well, no issues so far.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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Ok kool ill wait for the pics
also my cable is way too short maybe the t2 is longer?
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Old May 1, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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Ya its definitely longer then, mine is like a foot too long. Post some pics of your car dude, hows it coming along?
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Old May 2, 2009 | 03:15 AM
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Great project, keep up the good work. I was thinking of doing a 4g63t swap in my fc.
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Old May 2, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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i may try a FJ20ET swap down the road somewhere
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Old May 2, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by HTORRES96
Ok kool ill wait for the pics
also my cable is way too short maybe the t2 is longer?
Here are the pics. I relocated my fuse box back behind the strut tower so I used that as a perch for the support and put the other one on the firewall. The bracket and holder on the intake manifold are from the SR, just made them work.


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Old May 2, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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Also got some work done the past coupla weeks

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Old May 3, 2009 | 02:42 AM
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First... Get rid of that Nissan filter and go buy a NAPA Gold one on your next oil change. The OEM Nissan ones use a card board end and Ive seen them blow out.

Anyway, awesome build. I found this topic from searching on google because I am putting one together myself and wanted to see what others have ran into while doing it. Its kind of nice to see its not really done though, will be more rare than all the SR20 swapped 240SXs around here.

I LOVE how you did the throttle cable too. I dont think that looks bad at all and it was a really good way to deal with the longer cable. If you think it looks bad, go look how Nissan puts the cable on the FWD SR20... its horrible, always in the way. One of the things the FWD guys will do is try and hide it under the intake going along the firewall, though I guess that is a little harder with the RWD one because that will put it really close to the exhaust.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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car looks good man was gonna do a sr swap in the fd but decided to do a 13b last moment.
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Char
First... Get rid of that Nissan filter and go buy a NAPA Gold one on your next oil change. The OEM Nissan ones use a card board end and Ive seen them blow out.

Anyway, awesome build. I found this topic from searching on google because I am putting one together myself and wanted to see what others have ran into while doing it. Its kind of nice to see its not really done though, will be more rare than all the SR20 swapped 240SXs around here.

I LOVE how you did the throttle cable too. I dont think that looks bad at all and it was a really good way to deal with the longer cable. If you think it looks bad, go look how Nissan puts the cable on the FWD SR20... its horrible, always in the way. One of the things the FWD guys will do is try and hide it under the intake going along the firewall, though I guess that is a little harder with the RWD one because that will put it really close to the exhaust.
My god, I cant escape the e-knowledge in this thread. Have you personally cut open a RWD SR-specific (aka, JDM part number) filter to check for the end cap material? Kthx.
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