# Black top???Red top??

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [June 11, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772 "2006-06-11T13:14:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![wrayzor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wrayzor/32/6021_2.png) [@wrayzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wrayzor)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/1 "2006-06-11T13:14:59Z")

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Whats the dif in the sr20?

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**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/2 "2006-06-11T13:17:22Z")

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S13 Redtop  
S13 Blacktop  
Not much difference between these two motors.

S14 Blacktop  
T28 Turbo and VVT

thats the basic answers, if you are looking for more info just do a few web searches.

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**Author:** ![1320](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1320/32/5949_2.png) [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/3 "2006-06-11T14:33:55Z")

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> [@whitey](#):
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> S13 Redtop  
> S13 Blacktop  
> Not much difference between these two motors.

Red tops are older, and generally have more mileage. Mechanincally speaking, as Whitey said theres not much different.

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**Author:** ![Cheeks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cheeks/32/5930_2.png) [@Cheeks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cheeks)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/4 "2006-06-11T15:57:53Z")

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the oil pickup…ask me how I know

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**Author:** ![wrayzor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wrayzor/32/6021_2.png) [@wrayzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wrayzor)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/5 "2006-06-11T17:15:01Z")

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how do you know?

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**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/6 "2006-06-11T21:47:45Z")

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> [@wrayzor](#):
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> how do you know?

his mechanic told him so, the brace on the oil pickup on the red top is attached to the shaft and the brace on the blacktop is attached to the bulb. some people have had the bulb fall off and starve the engine of oil.

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**Author:** ![1320](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1320/32/5949_2.png) [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-top-red-top/182772/7 "2006-06-13T13:10:49Z")

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> [@whitey](#):
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> his mechanic told him so, the brace on the oil pickup on the red top is attached to the shaft and the brace on the blacktop is attached to the bulb. some people have had the bulb fall off and starve the engine of oil.

Yup I forgot about that difference… you’d think i’d remember, since thats the reason my sr20 spun a bearing.