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The engine compartment is chock full of trick stuff from JWT, MSD and Turbonetics |
To keep the engine a happy breather, Sarah had a custom 3” stainless exhaust fabricated using a Magnaflow hot rod kit. The hot rod kit contains all the stainless mandrel bent tubes, flanges, and hangers needed to do a sano job of plumbing any car the right way. A Magnaflow 3” stainless straight thru perforated core muffler with a 4” tip and pre-silencer helps keep things quiet and stainless V-Band clamps from ATP turbo were used to make uncorking the car or removing the exhaust a snap.
The wrecked SE-R gave up its stronger tranny and axles to the cause as well. However, the SE-R still has a notoriously weak transmission. Steve Mitchell from M-Workz polished the transmission gears to remove any potential stress risers, and then cryotreated them, finalizing the massaging with a two part shot peening process. Steve then welded up and reinforced the transmission case to prevent it from cracking. Redline shockproof heavy gear oil helps provide additional cushion to the transmission’s internals. The transmission is shifted with a B&M short shifter. A Phantom Grip LSD with the competition spring kit supplements the somewhat wimpy factory viscous LSD.
To contain the power, it took several iterations of experimentation to find a clutch that could hold the fury of the turbo SR and still maintain a degree of streetabilty. The final survivor was a Jim Wolf Technology Stage IV metallic puck disc with a sprung hub with a stage II pressure plate. A lightweight Jim Wolf Technology aluminum flywheel helps speed revs and reduces turbo lag.
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Rays Gram Lite wheels, Fastbrakes 4-piston big brakes and BFG Comp TA KD’s, drool |
How much power does Sarah’s motor put out? It has been dyno tested at 477 whp @ 23 psi of boost. This is pretty remarkable for an engine built with parts that are all available off the shelf with nary any custom tuning. In the near future Sarah hopes to install one of Turbonetics new GT-K turbos and an O2 induction intake manifold which should push her to deep into the 530 whp range.
To go fast, the sane also build a platform that can handle cornering and stopping and Sarah’s ride is no exception. To get rid of the rear wimpy drum brakes, she swapped rear axles with the 4 wheel disc equipped SE-R using Energy polyurethane trailing arm bushings to firm things up, bending the rear beam for zero toe. Stock SE-R rear discs were not enough so Sarah swapped in a Fastbrakes big rear brake kit that uses 10.9” drilled rotors (up from the stock 9.1”) and Maxima rear brake calipers with Metal Matrix brake pads. The stock Sentra front brakes are also trashed in favor of a Fastbrakes big brake kit using 11.7” two piece drilled rotors (up from the stock 9.8”) and 4 piston forged Wilwood Dynalite calipers squeezing Hawk HPS brake pads. Fastbrakes braided steel brake lines keep the pedal firm. An Altima master cylinder is used for its bigger piston and its reservoir is filled with high temperature Motul RBF 600 brake fluid.
