Nickisazero's SR20det Swapped S14.

About a month after owning the car and it being slow ass dogshit, I decided to look into swapping it. First off I wanted to go with a nice V8 swap, but quickly released how pricey those came out to be. So I decided to settle with the SR20det, not to mention there's alot of experienced people out there with them.

I ordered the engine, transmission, ecu, harness, etc from Osaka Engines. Picked up a set of Avid billet mounts, Wiring Specialties transmission & engine harness, Koyo SR aluminum radiator, 12" slim fans, 3" Greddy style exhaust, Miata battery, front mount and Greddy blow-off.

I randomly decided to start the swap oneday at around 2shared_pm and had the new engine in around 10shared_pm. Not bad being my first RWD car and having no prior Nissan experience. Here's a few things I learned and would like to pass-on to anyone doing a SR swap....
-Lightly attach the engine mounts to the engine BEFORE installing the engine into the car.
-Take care of the waterneck running behind the head BEFORE installing it in the car.
-Remove that tube running into your o2 housing BEFORE installing the engine in the car. It hits the steering column and you cannot turn the wheel.
-Take your time installing your intercooler, they easily fit without having to hack-up the front bumper.

As of today the car is running great, here's a few pictures of the car on the lift in our shop. I was welding up the damaged oil pan till I can get a replacement. I drove the car about 50miles of "spirited" driving tonight and didn't have a single issue. This car just screams for something to lock-up the rear end oh and BIGGER BRAKES!




I'll have new underhood pictures when I decide to clean-up some of the mess.

I remember somebody somewhere asking to see pictures of the engine bay, so here ya go:

Intercooler neatly tucked behind metal bumper & bumper cover (intercooler piping is in the way of my foglights).


Here's a quick tip I'll pass onto ya'll who are going to polish your headlights. I've used the 3M kits with all the different pads and cleaners and this works just aswell. It's Mother's Mad & Aluminum Polish that I always seem to have around. I normally just polish (in small circles) for about 5minutes on the headlight and hand buff it away and it turns out great. Especially since you can have this can around for years and have multiple purposes.



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I'd love to have the amber front bumper lights & corner lights. Do they sell those, or are ya'll just painting them with amber/yellow stained glass paint?