Thanks to Scott at Can-Alignment! I cannot say enough about his creativity, professionalism and ability to take a challenging project from start to finish. What a great shop!
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You’ll notice a fair amount of room around the GA16 engine. I will tell you this is a bittersweet moment. This engine has been amazing. If you’re interested in buying one of the most modified GA16 engines in Ontario, send me a PM.
That being said, I don’t look too sad!
Scott was a great support through this project.
Getting the GTi-R SR20DET ready to go in.
It’s got a T 28 turbo. I’m using the stock downpipe that’s been re-welded to fit a FWD setup and the stock uppipe has simply been turned to fit a FMIC.
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Scott will not appreciate me gushing about this, but if you thought watching him align a car was a work of art you should see him with a wiring harness.
My role in the wiring department was clean up. The GTi-R harness had been damaged by rats when shipped from Japan ten years ago - that’s right, ten years this engine has been sitting ten minutes away at Will’s house - so we used parts from the GA harness and parts from an SR harness. So there was lots to clean up.
Nothing more needs to be said here.
Lot’s of room now.
You just cannot quite see the ITBs from this shot - but believe me, they’re there!
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The GA16’s transmission shed a few teeth last season and that was the prompt to start the swap. We also found that the throw out bearing was toast. An Infiniti G20 (P10) has been mated to the SR, with the transmission housing strengthened for the extra HP.
Water temp, Oil Temp and Oil pressure gauges have been added.
Scott discovered my secret tricks to keep the car’s weight up high so that I was still able to stay in Touring 3! LOL!!!
Placing the FMIC up front to consider placement.
I like this!
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We had to cut out a minimal amount of material to fit the intercooler piping in place.
Checking out the fitment
While there was lots of room with the GA, the SR certainly required a bit of finesse to get in place.
Bully was my clutch choice. I had a Stage 3, 3 puck in the previous set up and was very happy so no question about this project. A Stage Four clutch with an Asko flywheel.
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We had to grind a bit from the transmission to allow fitment of the crossmember.
JB Weld is being used to reinforce the tranmission - the holes used by the factory for weight savings are a weak point when mated to an engine with 100 more HP than the Infiniti had.
Cold Air Intake !
Factory downpipe - it was cut at the flex pipe when the front clip was brought over. That’s okay as it didn’t fit my set up anyhow. Straightened it up and sticking with my 2" exhaust that I used with my GA. Restrictive but still better flow than the GTi-R’s 2 " exhaust.
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Which one will I bring to Ontario Time Attack? In the fall I picked up a 92 NX2000 that I’m using as my winter car.
Couldn’t leave Can-Alignment without a corner balance and alignment!
Ford was in on a regular basis to help out. We were also regularly checking out Scott’s new widebody 240SX. My car is done and Scott can move on to other projects.
