sr20de or turbo ga16de?

**fishda** · November 10th, 2008 08:01 PM

u guys are really making me so excited about my project... hahaha. i've read so many forums and alot of them are praising the sr20de... especially the sr16de which i think is a very rare engine... hehe...

it will take half a year for me probably to save that much money for my project...

saw this offer in one site: 25k for a sr20de rocker engine and 15k for it's IHE mandrel setup... how much would u guys think it will cost me to have this engine installed?

thanks ghost and niky for the inputs... really appreciate them...

**niky** · November 11th, 2008 02:46 PM

The installation will depend on the wiring. If that's still up for sale, that's the same one I'm eyeing for my AD Resort... was going to go look at it, but I didn't have time. Dunno going rate for swapping... been a long time...

SR16VE... nice... ultra-rare... there's actually one in the Philippines... Nissan Motors Philippines was actually trying to sell it... brought it in for a race car, then lost interest, I guess. But the SR20VE is the one to get... almost as much horsepower and much more torque... a better engine, overall...

**CALY** · November 18th, 2008 10:53 PM

hi guys, share ko lang. read sa mga posts at nissanbayan noon - i think there are 3 sr16ve's in the country including the one put up for sale by NMPI. two of them are installed in b14's. I remember a white B14 GTS being sold for 270k with the sr16ve already installed (by NMPI if i remember right). The 3 sr16ve's were brought in as part of a shelved project.

You can get an sr20ve (engine only, as in nothing more than the engine) for around 30k. A more complete unit will bring you upwards of 50k. A fellow nissanbayan member put up his SR20de rr for sale dati, axles lang kulang 35k all in. and this came off a p11 primera front cut kaya no probs with the wiring. The roller rocker version (as is this unit) came in newer nissan models pero lower ang redline and there are fewer "cheap" upgrade parts. should be good for 140hp pero around 125 lang ata on the wheels. puro torque yung mga roller rocker.

if your looking to modify your sr20de later on, go for the lowport non roller rocker types. just my 2 cents.

ay, also kung rev happy ka yung sr16ve mas mataas ang redline kesa sr20ve (7800 versus 7000 ata).

hope this helps

**niky** · November 19th, 2008 10:33 PM

125 at the wheels is actually pretty good... AFAIK, B16As make somewhere between 125-135 at the wheels, depending on the version.

Hmmm... ganung kababa na yung SR20VE? Intriguing...

**ghosthunter** · November 19th, 2008 10:38 PM

Looks like the AD Resort SR20 project got a new breath of life.

**akotataymo** · December 3rd, 2008 11:03 PM

for me less conversion iturbo mo ga16de mo tapos racing clutch ka at lighten pulleys lakas na nun,tipid sa gas na malakas,but if u want more power and torque mag sr20 ka, iba parin kc pag orig orig or bolt on bolt on ,think wisely comparing to ur gas comsumption dahil malakas sa gas ng bahagya ang sr20 pero malakas tlga,and then upgrade ur brakes d dapat mawala un >.<

**ghosthunter** · December 4th, 2008 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by akotataymo

for me less conversion iturbo mo ga16de mo tapos racing clutch ka at lighten pulleys lakas na nun,tipid sa gas na malakas,but if u want more power and torque mag sr20 ka, iba parin kc pag orig orig or bolt on bolt on ,think wisely comparing to ur gas comsumption dahil malakas sa gas ng bahagya ang sr20 pero malakas tlga,and then upgrade ur brakes d dapat mawala un >.<

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**ghosthunter** · December 4th, 2008 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by akotataymo

for me less conversion iturbo mo ga16de mo tapos racing clutch ka at lighten pulleys lakas na nun,tipid sa gas na malakas,but if u want more power and torque mag sr20 ka, iba parin kc pag orig orig or bolt on bolt on ,think wisely comparing to ur gas comsumption dahil malakas sa gas ng bahagya ang sr20 pero malakas tlga,and then upgrade ur brakes d dapat mawala un >.<

Turbo charging a GA16de would require upgrading the fuel injectors from a SR20DE to handle the added fuel flow requirements. If not you will lean out every time you near the redline.

Racing clutch would just make it difficult to drive in stop-go traffic. If you want to upgrade, choose a stage 1 clutch upgrade kit although you might have to order one from abroad like from "clutchmasters". You might also want to consider that the SR20DE gearbox is more durable than the one that came with the GA16DE as I have damaged a gear in the past in my old B13 sentra with Ga16de with full bolt-on upgrades.

Lighten pulleys? or underdrive pulleys? Lightened pulleys won't really do much. Underdrive pulleys might compromise the flow of the water pump and result in overheating. The turbo would increase the engine's heat so even with stock pulleys, an extended run with the turbo might result in seeing an sudden spike in the water temperature.

Fuel consumption of a GA16DE turbo vs a stock SR20DE is about the same. GA16DE with bolt-ons can guzzle gasoline MORE than a stock SR20DE for less HP.

**niky** · December 4th, 2008 02:13 PM

^^^Take it from this guy... he's done both...

**Slidingmy240sx** · December 5th, 2008 08:25 AM

the SR20DE engine is a better all-around engine, where you're gettin a good amount of power, torque, good delivery, reliability and fuel consumption over a turbo GA16DE. I mean, i do have an SR20DET in my S13 in the States...and when i stay outta boost, i do get really good gas milage.