another project car

[92BonnevilleSE]

Picked up a 1999 Nissan Sentra SE-L. It has the SR20DE motor that puts out 140hp. It's a 5spd, power windows, locks, and sunroof. Body has 190k miles, engine and trans has around 80k. I got it from a coworker for $400. She's the 2nd owner with her uncle being the first. Runs great and no leaks. Newer tires on it. Needs some body work, paint, and some little odds and ends.




Whatcha guys think?

[ga93sle]

Looks pretty clean for what it is! Bet it's great on gas, too! And it's tough to find a running car for $400, nice score.

[92BonnevilleSE]

Yeah it runs great and got some power for a little car. I'll be slightly modding this. Nothing major unless I can find a turbo kit for cheap I put $20 in the tank and got 3/4 tank last Tuesday and drove it to work and back about a 30mile round trip until Friday and still have a little over 1/4 tank

[95naSTA]

VQ35 swap.. do itttt.

[yonkerse]

Looks like a pretty good deal for the price....I'm just not into rice burners...haha

[92BonnevilleSE]

VQ35 swap.. do itttt.

I will def look into that.

And I'm not into the whole rice thing. I believe imports can be "tastefully" done. That's the plan for this. No bodykit, insane huge wing, or fart pipe. Just some coilovers, wheels, tint, new paint, and fix the body damage and call it good. Def some go fast goodies too

[sandrock]

I think the Sentra of that vintage was pretty fugly...I remember being stationed in Guam and seeing them thinking to myself "Gawd, those are ugly". I'd rather have the 200SX...for some reason they look better with 2 doors, but not by much.

I'd hit the previous gen SE-R as those were some mean mofos. But those are very hard to come by now, and finding one even in ragged out condition nets a premium.

[repinS]

Just some coilovers, wheels, tint, new paint, and fix the body damage and call it good.

Minus the tint, that sounds similar to what I'm doing with the Wagon

The 90's SE-R Sentras were always fun to drive, especially the first-generation model as mentioned above. The SR20DE is a great motor.

[92BonnevilleSE]

Yeah I would of rather got the 200sx or a se-r over this anyday but for the price and only having 1 car right now to share among.me and the girl just wasn't cutting it. She'll prolly end up driving this as I just swapped a srt4 motor in our base model neon and is quite fun to drive around. And for the price, I couldn't pass this one up.

[92BonnevilleSE]

Also, she just landed an awesome paying job and is looking into getting a newer Charger. So if she does, this car will be getting gutted and turned into a rally

[95naSTA]

VQ35 swap.. do itttt.

I will def look into that.

Vq35 swaps get 4th gen max's into the 13s pretty easily. There's a few b14 swaps in the low 12s.

[92BonnevilleSE]

Hey guys, I haven't been on here in months! Here's an update on my project sentra I picked up in February.
Turbo swapped






Doing some body work for new paint and repairing rust



How it sits today. One of the rims cracked so I got the stockers back on for now.


It dynod at 297hp and 302tq at 13psi. Other mods are JWT S3 cams, full VRS exhaust, tein coilovers, JWT tuned ecu.

[Saturn Simon]

It is looking excellent now. What a transformation!

[92BonnevilleSE]

Thanks! She's came a long way from when I got it. Gotta take care of this stupid o2 sensor that keeps popping up. Got a new one that just needs to be wired up and installed. Other then that, she runs and pulls hard for a 4 cylinder.

[LeSabre in Buffalo]

Nice score! And, nice transformation!

[92BonnevilleSE]

Thanks, it's been fun workin on it.

Btw, how do you like the Cruze? We been looking into one with the addition to our family.

[ga93sle]

Holy wow batman! That thing looks gorgeous! I like a lot...!

[92BonnevilleSE]

Thank you She's alot of fun to drive! Just ordered new control arms, short throw shifter, motor and trans mounts, front and rear strut bars, and a new stabilizer bar. Should tighten up the handling alot more!

[LeSabre in Buffalo]

Thanks, it's been fun workin on it.

Btw, how do you like the Cruze? We been looking into one with the addition to our family.

I really like my Eco manual transmission, the odd duckling in the Cruze lineup. At least with the Eco-specific gearbox, my fuel economy is great. The DIC says 49 mpg at the moment, which is about 45 mpg in real life. That's mostly highway and small-town driving. The car is really comfy for long distances, and is pretty fun to drive even when driving for fuel economy. That being said, on the OEM fuel-economy-special tires it has no problem holding 50-55 mph through cloverleafs marked 30 mph, as long as it's dry out.

I've heard some issues with fitting a rear-facing carseat into either rear seat if you're much bigger than 6 feet tall and 250 lbs or so. So if you have a young one, test the car seat first to make sure you are comfortable in both front seats with the car seat in back. I don't have any rugrats yet, so I wouldn't know.

[92BonnevilleSE]

Hmm I'm 6'7" and 210. That might be a problem but thanks for the info, I really like the looks of them and the mpg is def a plus. Maybe we'll swing by and test drive one with the car seats in it and go from there.