1987 200sx VG30E to SR20?

[MT017]

ok so yea im a total noob when it comes to swaps. i basically need to know what i need to get to swap a SR20 into my S12 which currently has a VG30E in it. Since its so hard to find any parts for that engine i figure a swap would be easier if i knew what i needed to do.

[Maxpow]

"There's no replacement for displacement"




-Ls1 swap it.

[silverton]

vg30's are cake to turbo and can take upwards of 500 hp without any beefing up of the internals.

I'm kind of hard pressed on the issue, but you're better off getting a car that was originally a 4 cylinder, as you'll need the cross member anyway!

But, if you do take the vg out of it, just makes my car all the more rare.

[Colonel Gustard]

Don't swap out the vg or you will be forever gay and hated. Se are too rare t just swap ok the vg. Get a ca car instead and swap that out

[Gomesf1]

VG OR DIE!!!!!

[BoostedVG]

Turbo charge the vg. I wouldn't call it easy. I would call it highly rewarding!

[VG33ERGazelle?]

Don't swap out the vg or you will be forever gay and hated. Se are too rare t just swap ok the vg. Get a ca car instead and swap that out

VG OR DIE!!!!!

case closed.

[Colonel Gustard]

^ im with smart guy

[Gomesf1]

^im with guy thats with smart guy
Post Merge: 08:54:12 AM / 06-Jun-11
Plug vgs are more rewarding cuz sr's are dime a dozen n when ppl ask u wat motor u got n u say vg theyll be like from 300zx n ur like hell yea bitch

[ka-tgazelle]

Swapped in a ka-t and havent looked back JUST saying guys.

[Colonel Gustard]

Swapped in a ka-t and havent looked back JUST saying guys.

no one cares about your opinion

[VG33ERGazelle?]

if I wanted a ka-t I'd boost my s13, JUST sayin.

[Maxpow]

no one cares about your opinion

+1




Vg's are great when they are fresh. Me and gustard know.

[silverton]

the only reason you swapped out your vg is because it blew, right?

I have a 120,000 mile motor that's had nothing but synthetic since it was new, and it pulls.  pulls damn hard!  There's nothing like the torque of a V6 (well, maybe a V8...).  especially when you're putting out 180tq @ 3k or less. 

And like I said, the stock VG will handle 400-500hp without any internal upgrading.

[Gomesf1]

no one cares about your opinion

if I wanted a ka-t I'd boost my s13, JUST sayin.

+1




Vg's are great when they are fresh. Me and gustard know.

the only reason you swapped out your vg is because it blew, right?

I have a 120,000 mile motor that's had nothing but synthetic since it was new, and it pulls.  pulls damn hard!  There's nothing like the torque of a V6 (well, maybe a V8...).  especially when you're putting out 180tq @ 3k or less. 

And like I said, the stock VG will handle 400-500hp without any internal upgrading.

+1
Post Merge: 07:49:52 PM / 06-Jun-11
Vg30e SE S12's RULE !!!!!

[ka-tgazelle]

SIlverton you should read in to the ka a bit more , its a lower rpm torquey motor , making all its power low end ,  the vg only makes 160 torque.

[Colonel Gustard]

ummm more than 160tq sir

[silverton]

the KA is a truck motor, through and through.  The VG makes 173-182tq. 

KA24DE makes 155hp @ 5400rpm and 160tq @ 4400rpm

VG30E  makes 160hp @ 5200rpm and 174tq @ 4000rpm (the vg s12 version)

They are only .6 liters of displacement apart, so that's why the torque numbers aren't too far off.  To be fair, we should be comparing a vg30de to the ka24de, or the vg30e to the ka24e.  But the vg30 isn't as stressed as the power is spread across two extra cylinders. 

All in all, VG > KA.  I'll leave the four cylinders to stripped down model pickups, and hondas.

[Gomesf1]

All in all, VG > KA.  I'll leave the four cylinders to stripped down model pickups, and hondas.

BURN!!

[ka-tgazelle]

You can leave them to trucks, japanese engine builders now use them for s14 and s13's .  THats about the only insult you have, forgetting the ka24e was the only motor to come in the trucks......
Post Merge: 12:21:48 AM / 07-Jun-11
The dohc ka never came in a truck  look that shit up.