Dave-O Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 My biggest off with Nissan's stuff is why there are two crank angle sensor circuits, each having a 120* and 1* rotation signal. That alone made a Bee*R install on a friends' RB20 S13 a royal PITA. I'm a fan of Toyota inline-sixes, and Nissan fours, though I'd rather run an SR or CA [hell, even a KA or L-series] on a Honda ECU and ignition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweredbynissan Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 My biggest off with Nissan's stuff is why there are two crank angle sensor circuits, each having a 120* and 1* rotation signal. That alone made a Bee*R install on a friends' RB20 S13 a royal PITA. I'm a fan of Toyota inline-sixes, and Nissan fours, though I'd rather run an SR or CA [hell, even a KA or L-series] on a Honda ECU and ignition. I'm a big fan of the Toyota line up as well. I do like how the Nissan engines sound a little deeper. I haven't had any trouble with the CAS yet. Other than being a PITA to wire, is there a disadvantage to using that type of ignition signal that you know of? I have played around with 4 cylinder turbo cars quite a bit (I have a pretty built '93 Eagle Talon TSi that I Auto-X, a stock '90 Talon TSi that I daily drive and have helped on friends Subaru flat 4's and a little on my brothers Ford 2.3 turbo) and I was ready for little more displacement. From the little bit that I have driven it, I really like having the torque available down low and the super quick spool on the turbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89TSIredonblack Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 wow this is epic good job with the swap hope to see more vids maybe a dyno pull and 1/4 times after shes all ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'd rather run an SR or CA [hell, even a KA or L-series] on a Honda ECU and ignition.and use a crappy honda distributor..... and put it where ? Seen tooo many of those fail.At the local importers, honda motors are the only ones you'll never find with the distributor in them http://www.nistune.com/ is all you need, if u wanna "push" the motor. To give an example, a clubmember competed successfully with his 520hp street ca18(1.8L)Otherwise, seen great results on SAFC tuned strong running street cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweredbynissan Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 wow this is epic good job with the swap hope to see more vids maybe a dyno pull and 1/4 times after shes all ready Thank you. I can't wait to get comfortable with everything and go see what she will do. There will definitely be some good burnout, dyno and other videos coming up It was running awesome, but I think that the water pump went out yesterday (I know, I should have changed it when it was easy). It is time to take care of the misc maintenance things to make sure that I don't blow it up or anything. I have already replaced most of the water lines and changed all of the fluids. I think I will pop in a timing belt and water pump and flush the engine one more time and then get some good miles on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-O Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 and use a crappy honda distributor..... and put it where ? Seen tooo many of those fail.At the local importers, honda motors are the only ones you'll never find with the distributor in them http://www.nistune.com/ is all you need, if u wanna "push" the motor. To give an example, a clubmember competed successfully with his 520hp street ca18(1.8L)Otherwise, seen great results on SAFC tuned strong running street cars I hate to dirty this thread up with Honda electronics nonsense, but I'd hardly consider them "crap". I'm sure you're aware that a stock Honda ignition in good repair is able to support 700hp - I can think of 7 sub 11-second cars in Utah alone running an OEM ignition and ECU. It is hands-down the cheapest proven stand-alone for a 4-cylinder engine. I may even finish my G54B/Honda setup I had started fabbing up before I decided on my Cobra 5.0 V8 swap, and put it in another SQ for daily-driving duty. I don't see a downside, there is very little to be gained by a coil-on-plug setup from what I've seen in my experiences. Just figured I'd add my two-cents to the subject, and move forward. As far as any inherent disadvantages to how Nissan did it, I can't see any in an OEM light, however it does make things a pain in the arse to modify. I suppose I think things too-simply though. I'm not a fan of how Mitsubishi wired their 4G63s either, honestly. But back to your car - so far things are looking great. I'd have added a flex-pipe somewhere in that downpipe, but to each is own I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Not saying they're 'crap', once operational, but.....there has to be somethin wrong why all those honda distributors go missing, and I've had more than a few honda buddies go hunting for a good one poweredbynissan probably don't mind tuning options mentioned in his thread I assumeI can vouch for the rb25/SAFC route, from experienceNistune users, rave about it. I'm quite positive no honda option could even attract them. Like DSMlink for eg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-O Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Like DSMlink for eg I'd do it, just for the coilpack. But we're dragging dude's thread off-topic. I do agree with the RB/SAFC method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFlatty Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 hey poweredbynissan.... think you could resize your sig? its friggin huge... lol i kept going "why do they have the same pic posted so many times??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostaholic13b Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 I <3 Your car long time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 If youre taking more pics, can you post a full engine shot from the side of the car? I want to get a good idea of how much farther forward the front of the motor is. Thanks for doing this! Inline 6s are my favorite motors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostaholic13b Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Straight sixes are incredible... any chance of some motor mount shots?? Seriously considering this swap or perhaps even a rb20 not sure yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweredbynissan Posted October 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Straight sixes are incredible... any chance of some motor mount shots?? Seriously considering this swap or perhaps even a rb20 not sure yet Sure thing. I will take some pictures of a side profile and of the engine mounts. I haven't gotten to drive it too much yet, but the little that I have was awesome. It actually feels pretty well proportioned. The engine pretty much goes from the firewall clear up to the core support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsandr Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Where are you at in Idaho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetaztsi Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 i'm so jealous right now... I've considered this swap or an old supra motor for years now. I love it man, I'm happy someone finally did it. props Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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