SR20DE into ae85 tips?

moose.cannon · Post by **moose.cannon** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:50 pm

Hi all,
I've got an SR20DE lined up for my ae85 and was wondering if anyone has done or knows someone who has done this before? I had a lil search and found deinmuter's post but wasn't really that helpful. The reason for the SR20 is because a tree owned my mates s14 and i'm getting it cheap so i pretty much have a whole silvia to rip parts off minus a few things. I've just recently removed the 3au and auto trans and just have to pick up the engine from hamz soon. I know there is fabrication needed for the mounts and possibly the area around the shifter but i dont think you have to modify the firewall. Any helpful information would be much appreciated!

Burning Angel · Post by **Burning Angel** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:24 pm

ive put one into a kp61 which wasn't the easiest.

the silvia box is quite long so you will more than likely need to fab new mounts on the chassis and a new shifter hole.

the gearbox tunnel may be to small also and depending on how far you want to sit the engine back you may need to cut the firewall too.

an ae85 will be alot easier than a kp61 as it has a much larger engine bay.

My project
here:http://forums.toyspeed.org.nz/viewtopic.php?t=51503

moose.cannon · Post by **moose.cannon** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:43 pm

very nice work man, i'd been following your project for a while and was very impressed, bet it goes hard! whats the curb weight of those kp's? much different to the ae85/86's ? i know they are about 860–940 kg, will be a bit heavier with and SR in there but worth it

d1 mule · Post by **d1 mule** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:39 pm

a mate of mine is putting a CA18det into a 85 at the moment, just new mounts (havnt seen them yet) and x member. he is using a RB20DET box with CA bell and when he had it dumied up it looked pretty good for shifter ect.
ill try have a look in the next few days and get back to ya.

Burning Angel · Post by **Burning Angel** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:40 pm

i think they weigh around 800kgs but mine will probably be a bit heavier.

an s14 sr20de should make more power than mine as it has 10:1 vs 9.5:1 compression ratio and vtc. they make around 160 fly hp standard

moose.cannon · Post by **moose.cannon** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:32 pm

kool cheers guys, hey d1 whats ur mate doing to the rear setup like the diff n that? unfortunately the s14 is a 1 wheel wonder

frost · Post by **frost** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:04 pm

a mate of mine is putting a CA18det into a 85 at the moment

Simon is doing that conversion for him right? its a white notch,

d1 mule · Post by **d1 mule** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:15 pm

frost wrote:
a mate of mine is putting a CA18det into a 85 at the moment

Simon is doing that conversion for him right? its a white notch,

yeah lol simon is a fabrication god haha he wag doing the cage last week but i heard the motor is all mounted up now too, ill have to have a look.

moose. he has goe a hilux rear, shortened 4.3 LSD (from memory) its goe K sport Adjustables in the rear and koni inserts, shortened GX70 strut tubes, AE to GX negative camber RCAs, R31 hubs (drilled to 5 stud) and will be running nissan 4 pot brakes i think should be a bit of a weapon once its going

moose.cannon · Post by **moose.cannon** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:23 pm

cool, ok might go hilux diff, not sure, im picking up the parts 2morrow

cheers