SR20T slope top

veecee wrote:

thats what i meant. soz dude.

Ha ha ha, Dang you Murphy.... O well, I'm still getting SR20-DET with Gearbox and Dicktator for like R15 800 so that's cool enough for me...

Thanks for the heads up anyway VC

Hey Powder, how is the conversion going? What motor have you eventually gone for? I will be starting mine in the next couple of weeks. Have you any cautions you could throw my way.
Cheers
Tony

antman wrote:

Hey Powder, how is the conversion going? What motor have you eventually gone for? I will be starting mine in the next couple of weeks. Have you any cautions you could throw my way.
Cheers
Tony

Awesome dude!!

Hi guys, well the s14 vvt front cut is ordered and will take 14 days to get here and I can't wait, reminds me of the night before xmas years ago. Was wondering if any of you on the forum with the vvt motors are experiencing the dreaded vvt rattle. I hear there are many on the net complaining of this on both low and high mileage motors.
Many leave it and bear the noise and many replace the cam with a non vvt one.
Can aftermarket ECU's (local units) control the vvt properly when running higher boosts, I have heard that this cannot be done successfully.

Hi Guys,

So this is how it is going so far, Antman, this should answer your question too.

The CA18DET & GB has been removed & the SR20DET + GB has been installed. Since the SR20 GB from Japan Auto didn't have a thrust bearing or spline ring, I used the ones from the CA18 GB.

What Motor did I end up going for? The Blacktop NON VVT, reason for this is that through some advice I found out parts for the VVT are a bit of a mission to get hold of. Went for the 5 Speed gearbox coz everyone sais the 6 speed is no good past 200KW.

Fit with no problem, mounts perfect.

What I would like to warn you about though is the following, The motor requires a wasted spark AMFMS, this means it does not cost you 3500, but about 8000 because of the ignition module and coil pack controller you have to buy as well as a cam / crank angle sensor. (correct me if im wrong, havent bought it yet).

You also need a larger radiator, new piping, a huge bank balance, alot of patience, and b@ll$ of steel to handle the mental aggony that goes with this all.

I might get a hybrid T28/T3 but am not sure about the make, will let you know.

Currently though still on tressels at my boets place waiting for the rest of the stuff I am struggling to get the cash for... ha ha ha.

Hey POWDER, thanks for the update, glad to hear you are progressing well. My situation has stopped as my agent who goes overseas to buy motors found me kouki sr20t front cut 5 speed which is what I wanted because it has everything, including a bb T28. But a murphy would have it on start up it had a bearing knock so I will have to wait untill he can source one in another 2 weeks. I want to run the motor stock hence the front cut with std ecu, radiator etc as my sx is my daily drive for now. I thought the gotec pro-x I think its called can handle all the sr20t aswell as the vvt function but if anyone can confirm please let me know as I will definately want to upgrade in the future.

POWDER wrote:

You also need a larger radiator, new piping, a huge bank balance, alot of patience, and b@ll$ of steel to handle the mental aggony that goes with this all.

To true... although... the huge bank balance is a bit much... a large one should suffice 😂 😂 😂

Ye, I suppose I went a little overboard there . . .