bonzelite

please tell us when you swap it out what is really going on. my view with the SR is to NOT keep the stock internals whatsoever. that is not any fun! the goal is to mod the SR quite far, whilst keeping the BALANCE of the S14 stable and agile and appropriate for autocrossing and time-trialing. i have been told that the RB engine will make the S14 handle like sh*t by a mechanic who works on RB's all day long. and is far costlier to mod and adapt. i am more into handling and driving than brute force benchmarks. just because you can mod and engine to "blah blah blah horsepower" doesn't mean jack sh*t.

i mean, even a newbie will know that the RB can be modded to extreme horsepower levels. this is no secret. and that is fine but not really the point to me. it doesn't mean much if the car is going to act like sh*t -- it is counter-intuitive to "tuning." like, for example, i am not necessarily impressed if someone puts an 800 horsepower V-8 in a ford fiesta. it is quite a feat, yes. moreover, with enough money, you can mod a go-kart to accept a helicopter jet engine. but the car will not be much of a driver. that is all i am saying.

but please let us know. let the education continue. spend the time and money for us. maybe i am paranoid for no reason and creating unwarranted hysteria. it would impress me more to hear that you were getting an r32 Skyline with the RB25DET or RB26DETT. that would raise an eyebrow.

also, this debate is never-ending. and i do not expect any last word on it. there will be those who are totally for it, and those who are not. to me, you are inviting more trouble that it is worth.

for those about to mod, we salute you.