philip1 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I'm trying to come up with a competitive Autocross car. Here in NC Datsuns are rare so I'm thinking about using a B12/13 sentra. My reasons are as follows: I can buy one for under $1000 running, they have a great engine GA16i/de 90/110hp, the suspension is the same as the famed SE-R, and they are pretty light. I think I can throw together a competitive rat-nissan on the cheap. Quote Link to comment
ratsar_nx Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Sounds like a cool idea to me... I've had the idea/dream of building a sleeper Sentra, but no funds to do so. Some of the B12 Sentras came with the E16 in them... in stock form they'd be less competive (only ~70HP), but a weber and a better cam would probably help things. I've been looking at upgrades for the E16S engine since that's what I have in my Pulsar. ...Then again, since the B13 SE-R came with the SR20, you could probably find the SE-R engine mounts for a base model and put in an SR20DET :eek: Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Is the G16 fairly close to the design of the CA engines? ...like the CA16DE? I had a 1988 Pulsar SE with the CA18DE and it was a peppy little engine that revved very high Quote Link to comment
dreamers_vault Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 why not U12 bluebird? they come with ca18det or sr20det Quote Link to comment
philip1 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) the Ga16 has a different bellhousing than the Ca series so that swap is out . If I go with the ga16de it makes good power and revs to 6500rpm. A header frees up a LOT of power. Even the Ga16i is a good engine starting at 90bhp adding a header helps this engine as well. I don't plan to go crazy with the engine but the suspension is a different matter............hehehe:cool: I'm thinking about a junkyard g20 suspension swap on a base model sentra MUHAHAHAHA Bluebirds are not available here (we got the performance shaft) Edited December 3, 2008 by philip1 Quote Link to comment
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