I wanna put a sr20det in my 93’, but i’m kinda new to this, i was wondering if i do do it, do i need the intercooler in order to drive the car or can i drive it without it, not for long but for a bit, until i get enough money to get it. Also if i do put the motor in can i put the stock exhaust pipes in off the ka or no, just to get the car to a muffler shop? (know its probably a wack question but jus want to know.)
Thanks
no and… no
sorry man…u need atleast the stock sidemount intercooler from a S13 to fit…and you need to find some type of exhaust to mount up, as the KA exhaust dont fit
a full motor swap comes with a side mount intercooler so u cant run more then stock boost or dont really want to…
if its just going to a muffler shop… open exhaust. go the shortest route and avoid any cops!!!
just use an old rad as an intercooler yo
orrr you could not do an SR swap until you can afford it. Just an idea.
Thanks for the tips, preciate it.
you can do both of these, but it’s highly recommended not to.
for the intercooler, technically you can just make a pipe to go from the turbo to throttle body, but why bother spending money to make this when a stock sidemount setup with piping is only $100? also the intercooler is very good to have in the event that you blow a turbo, it will stop bits of turbo from going into the engine which will almost always ruin it. if you just put a pipe from the turbo to the throttle body without a blow off valve it’s VERY bad for the turbo.
a stock (of aftermarket) KA exhaust can be modified to fit an SR, but it’s very restrictive and will really hold back the potential of an SR, and when you factor in spending $60-100 to have the exhaust modified to fit, you might as well have just put that money towards a proper 3" exhaust which can be had for $300 or less.
good luck.