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| Huge Spearco front mount serves as a warning for unaware muscle cars, afterall Pennsylvania is close to Jersey |
An immaculate SR20DET long block from a JDM Bluebird was obtained from JGY Customs as the base for the engine build up. The intake manifold was sent to extrude hone to be abrasive ported and Jim Wolf Technologies C1 camshafts, springs, titanium retainers and adjustable timing gears were installed. An Unorthodox racing underdrive pulley set was used to prevent the chronic SR20 problem of waterpump cavitation. To keep things cool, a radiator from a JDM Pulsar GTI-R with 40% more cooling than the stock SE-R radiator and probably over twice that of the GA16 part was installed with a higher pressure cap from a 300ZXTT. A big 64 mm ported throttle body and 72 lb MSD injectors and Jim Wolf Technology fuel rail were mounted to the motor at this time. The engine was dropped into the car’s engine bay using the wrecked SE-R’s crossmember and mounts. The mounts were fortified with Jim Wolf Technology heavy duty bushings to prevent engine rock, wheelhop and pounding which plagues these cars due to the wimpy stock motor mounts.
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| Turbonetics E 60 FTW |
To pressurize the engine a Turbonetics stage III turbokit was sourced and upgraded with some custom items, namely a Godzilla compressor bypass valve, Newgen wastegate and a 3” downpipe. A larger than standard Turbonetics ball bearing turbo was also spec’d with a 60 trim TO4E compressor in a 0.60 a/r housing with a 76 trim Stage V turbine in a .82 exhaust housing to densify the intake charge. A Spearco front mounted intercooler chills the hot compressed air before it is ingested into the motor. A Greddy Profec B controls the boost pressure and temperatures are kept down with an Aquamist water injection system.
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| You can see a peak of the SR20DET and an underdrive front pulley from behind the front wheel |
A Jim Wolf Technology ECU handles engine management duties using a Cobra MAF breathing through a Jim Wolf Technology POP charger air intake with the aforementioned 72 lb injectors. A Walbro 255 lph fuel pump was used. To light the fire an MSD Digital 7 ignition box with a matching MSD HGV external coil is used. An MSD tach adaptor keeps the Autometer tach from wigging out with the MSD’s multiple sparks. The Donor SE-R’s engine harness was used to keep the JWT ECU happy. The harness also allowed the use of the SE-R instrument cluster with a tach and more OEM gauges. To finish of the engine’s dressup, a Greddy catch can, G-Speed silicon radiator hoses with T-Bolt clamps, couplers and vacuum lines from Hose Techniques were used. Motul 300V synthetic engine oil keeps everything lubricated.
