# 05 Sentra SE-R Spec V **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [April 28, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927 "2005-04-28T09:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/21 "2005-04-28T19:53:08Z")
You’d have to work pretty hard to screw something up on a Spec. I did my own I/H/E install and nothing bad happened at all! Pretty impressive for someone that had never really turned a wrench a car in their life. 🙂 Lots of support is available through the VBoard. ---
**Author:** ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/22 "2005-04-28T20:09:51Z")
> [@Impact\_Blue](#): > > Since I do love the all wheel drive aspect I wouldn’t mind a Skyline and just to satisfy my fancy I’m looking into a Silvia/180sx too but for some reason I’m kinda’ weary getting a JDM car for my first car. But I’m actually still considering it, its just so many choices out there, what will really benefit me in the long run ‘cause I want to be able to try out new thing like working on the motor, installing this and that on it, I guess the only con to expirementing with a brand new car if I screw something up its gonna’ be costly where as I screw something up on a not so new car then I guess it won’t be too bad 'cause of the abundance of parts out there…oh the dilemma… :? > > ps: I’ll hopefully make it out to the meeting too u are right about the only con on getting a brand new car, it might the only con but its a huuugeee connn… Doing modifications to your car will never be perfect, you will have to go through many adjustments in the short\long run, anything u change on the car will effect the car in overall from a different aspect… So i guess an “advice” would be is, if you are planning to “heavily mod” the car or wanting to fiddle with it here and there, i personally think getting a brand new car is a retarded idea… You never knwo what can go wrong and last thing u want is spend 30 large on a brand new car, try to mod it and keep dumping more money into it, considering car does nothing but depreciating…but if you like the comfort in buying a brand new car and very lightly modify it, than go for it, it would be your daily driver with a little kick to it… but if not, definetly look into getting an older jdm\usdm car that costs much less money, therefore your spendings will be much smaller and if u screw up (which everybody does, nothing goes perfect in life) it will cost u much less to fix… I personally think having a old jdm as a first car to modify is a much much better idea than having a brand new car to modify as a first car… I personally am not a huge skyline fan tho due to parts and such… See, something goes wrong with your jdm S13, there are quite a few parts that are interchangable with usdm s13’s and there are mechanics u can find… something goes wrong with your skyline, good luck with that… 😛 If you have enough money to buy a brand new 05 loaded sentra, i say instead, get a 180\silvia s13, mod it a little, play around with the rwd turbo, get a feeling for it all as your first car, and u’ll still save the half the money from buying a brand new car… ---
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/23 "2005-04-28T20:24:12Z")
Perhaps…depends on how much you want to mod the car, really. In my case, I just wanted a new car - plain and simple. As I said, if something happened to this one, I wouldn’t buy another new car. I think most tuners aren’t really going to install anything too complicated on their new cars for the first while they own it, but hey, that’s just my opinion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Impact\_Blue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/impact_blue/32/5807_2.png) [@Impact\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Impact_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/24 "2005-04-28T21:59:43Z")
That’s a lot too think about and what not and all good ideas, I guess really what I want is to get more into the mechanical side of a car and I just didn’t have the fortunate case of being a car enthusiasts when I was a bit younger, well I was, I always wanted to drive…soooo…my decision will be made hopefully by August…some sweet S13s and 180sx coming in from Import Concern so maybe…I’ll be in one! ---
**Author:** ![dan240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dan240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dan240)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/25 "2005-04-29T17:10:20Z")
i say if your looking for a car to tinker with go with an older car with a good aftermarket like the 240`s, 180`s, silvia`s.etc. In my opinion if your gonna spend 5-7k on a s-13, i would spend a little bit more and get an s-14 here, where you can check the background on the car,probably has less kms,and has the exact same amout of after market backing. but thats me. eg. [http://www.canadatrader.com/result/detailinfo.aspx?ID=9550620&pgno=1](http://www.canadatrader.com/result/detailinfo.aspx?ID=9550620&pgno=1) ---
**Author:** ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/26 "2005-04-29T21:50:46Z")
> [@dan240](#): > > i say if your looking for a car to tinker with go with an older car with a good aftermarket like the 240`s, 180`s, silvia`s.etc. In my opinion if your gonna spend 5-7k on a s-13, i would spend a little bit more and get an s-14 here, where you can check the background on the car,probably has less kms,and has the exact same amout of after market backing. but thats me. > > eg. [http://www.canadatrader.com/result/detailinfo.aspx?ID=9550620&pgno=1](http://www.canadatrader.com/result/detailinfo.aspx?ID=9550620&pgno=1) well that depends on where u getting it from… surprising a lot of the JDM’s comes with much much less kliks than usdm’s u get here… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/27 "2005-04-30T17:14:39Z")
> [@DeathBy240](#): > > [quote=PyreXXX]Dude, there is an AMAZING 300zx in Spruce Grove here right now: > [http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=43656048](http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=43656048) Looks like another shady JDM Z32.[/quote] car was sold and the guy is a great guy who was selling it. ---
**Author:** ![Impact\_Blue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/impact_blue/32/5807_2.png) [@Impact\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Impact_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/28 "2005-04-30T23:50:07Z")
With some contemplation, pros and cons and what not I’ve decided…Silvia K or a 180sx, now I just gotta’ see what those cars are like…I’m an awd junky going to rwd…thanks for all the input and if anyone got some experiences, good or bad, getting a JDM car I’m all ears ---
**Author:** ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/29 "2005-05-01T01:26:14Z")
> [@Impact\_Blue](#): > > With some contemplation, pros and cons and what not I’ve decided…Silvia K or a 180sx, now I just gotta’ see what those cars are like…I’m an awd junky going to rwd…thanks for all the input and if anyone got some experiences, good or bad, getting a JDM car I’m all ears i have a s13 with a stock ca18det (rwd+turbo) … if u dont know what it is, ca18det is the sr20’s older precedor … currently the engine is pure stock but it pulls like a machine, if u want i’ll give u a ride around and u can get a good feeling of the stock engine and u will know what u are working with… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/30 "2005-05-01T23:06:28Z")
CA engine = RB engine minus two cylinders, both iron block there was even a ca18de in a gxi skyline in the r32 days ---
**Author:** ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/31 "2005-05-03T11:39:54Z")
lol i WISH CA engine was equal to RB engine… stock RB pulls 2 times better than stock CA :\ ---
**Author:** ![DoriftoX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DoriftoX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoriftoX)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/32 "2005-05-03T12:53:53Z")
^^^^ o so very true…lol i had the chance to drive both cars and i must say the power difference is like chocolate and shit ahah… none the less i still love my CA 😃 ---
**Author:** ![1mns13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8491ac/32.png) [@1mns13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1mns13)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/33 "2005-05-03T14:42:52Z")
> [@Impact\_Blue](#): > > With some contemplation, pros and cons and what not I’ve decided…Silvia K or a 180sx, now I just gotta’ see what those cars are like…I’m an awd junky going to rwd…thanks for all the input and if anyone got some experiences, good or bad, getting a JDM car I’m all ears What awd cars have you owned that has made you a “junkie” ? I like awd but drive fwd and rwd, and found them to be fun for different things. ---
**Author:** ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/34 "2005-05-03T16:43:31Z")
> [@DrifterX](#): > > ^^^^ o so very true…lol i had the chance to drive both cars and i must say the power difference is like chocolate and shit ahah… > > none the less i still love my CA 😃 u prolly drove your buddy’s rb26 too… i drove a 4 door gts-t with stock rb20det in it… much more torque starting at 2k :\ ---
**Author:** ![Impact\_Blue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/impact_blue/32/5807_2.png) [@Impact\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Impact_Blue)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927/35 "2005-05-03T17:14:24Z")
> [@1mns13](#): > > What awd cars have you owned that has made you a “junkie” ? I like awd but drive fwd and rwd, and found them to be fun for different things. I drive the Legacy right now and drove a Subbie 2.5rs, I’m kinda’ getting sick of driving my mom’s car and since I’ll be starting work I just need some folks responses to their experiences importing cars in and recommendations, what I should look out for so on and so forth. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/05-sentra-se-r-spec-v/138927.md?page=1)