Morning lads and lasses
Has anybody on locostbuilders fitted a engine and gearbox from a nissan 200sx i may be going this route and could do with a few pointers
It will be going in a mk indy


Cheers in advance

Yeah!its quite tall and the gearbox bell housing is quite low.but the biggest head ache for me was the wiring using the original ecu.glad I persisted tho,the cars chuffing mad as a box of frogs in every gear,yet to have been had off,up to erm,70mph(give or take 50) and I've got a friend with a lambo giardo....

Yep done it

ask any questions

If you want the workshop manual i can email it,its about 30mb tho

Great great engines If I wasn't building one with my current set-up it'd be a either the SR20DE or the Turbo version. if you want an NA the sr20de can quite make more poke than a duratec for less cash.

if anyone has a rwd SR20DE setup for sale, let me know please, cash waiting

Yer its a tad tall but worth it!!! ive got mune under locost GRP (Mines a Luego) dont worry about the wiring as i have a guide and its only 6 wires to get it running the stock ecu

there lots of fun with really crap tyres on the back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53umPRc9BjE

poor engine, bouncing off the limiter for so long. Mechanical sympathy not part of your vocab?!

Nope....it'll be fine its a Jap motor

if you go to any drift day they bounce them all off the limiter constantly and keep going strong!

although that was the first time ive ever bounced it of the limmiter for such a long time.... but it was allot of fun

Dude, My engine came from an auto S14a (with Nats) but i then bought a s14 (not s14a) loom, ecu and maff meter which did not have the nats. You can use the nats but you need to keep the key and sender and tape the key into the halo round the barrel...only a few more wires to solder up.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/FlansS14/IMG_0222.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/FlansS14/19082007180.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/FlansS14/19082007179.jpg

Well i have just removed the engine and gearbox today a put it in the indy its tight but its in just got to make up the engine mounts and gearbox mount

Then i will do the wiring

Cool!

FYI I had to cut my chassis to get it in but mainly so i could mount it as far back as posible. Also mine is mounted solid (no engine rubbers) its fine, no vibration at all.

ill pm you the wire diagram

Flan

Engine mounts being made for me by martin at MK Engineering took my template to him collect them on wednesday it saves me time doing it this way

Gearbox mount will be completed tomorrow


started on the wiring striping back the engine loom

progress update wiring sorted nats system working engine runs


can not wait till march



ps thanks for all the people on and off here that offered advice and help

[Edited on 11/13/2010 by DRC INDY 7]