When I bought my Sentra, I was like, "Hell yes!" I got good car for a great price (2K) and low milage (80K). Then I found out there were SE-R Sentra's and I wish I had that. But, then I found out about the SR16VE with its 173 horses!
So, can the SR16VE bolt directly to the GA16DE's tranny?
Would I have to upgrade the half-shafts?
Is the SR16VE compatible with the GA16's wiring harness or will I have to buy a whole new? (I hope not.)
Can any one provide me a connetion to purchasing an SR16VE?
How much would it cost to purchase the engine, and to import it(if I had to)?
P.S. How does the SR16VE have 173 hp, yet only 119 lb-ft torque?
I heard that the SR16VE would fit on an SE-R tranny but not on the Ga16de tranny. And if you do it. Make sure you'll get the harness from the car and the computer as well. It would things easier.
The SR16VE-N1 motors are pretty rare to find anymore. They were only featured in a couple of Nissan models. But if you can find one, that isnt bogus, get it.
You will need the transaxle and axles from a SR series engine, since the Ga uses different parts.As far as everything else goes, I've heard elsewhere that you can use the harness if you have the computer reprogrammed by JWT,and you will need some type of rpm switch to activate the variable valve timing solenoids. The SR16VE N1 is the best one to have,but there were only 500 or so built.As for the torque question,remember that horsepower is a mathematical function of torque at a specific rpm,not a force of itself.The short stroke of this engine means that it doesn't produce a lot of torque but it can rev high meaning that it can produce lots of horsepower.Hope that clears it up a little
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Dont waste the money on an SR16VE, get an SR20VE, it has more ponies, and is still an almost direct swap of a ga16de for a nominal amount of money. hit sr20deforum.com for detailed VE information. Im in the process of an SR20VE swap now. the stock automatic trannies CAN NOT hold the horsepower from a stock VE motor, and a stock manual tranny will be at its limit, and in need of a flywheel and clutch upgrade before you can do ANYTHING performancewise to it. You will need to have your ECU reprogrammed at JWT to utilize the variable valve lift and timing system since its independently triggered by two solenoids. Otherwise all you will need to do different is shave the distributor mount down to make it fit and *most* of the SR20DE parts can be bolted onto the VE. A note to remember on using a VE engine is that a: it takes a lot of work to prep the engine for boost because of the high compression ratio and b: a performance header on a DE will choke a VE, dont expect to be able to easily find performance parts for the VE's. I think you also need to tap a new hole in the head for cam oil, but otherwise its pretty direct.
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