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B15NewYork And how many SR's have you gone thru in your time?
Compare that to how many QR's have failed....yes we've had precat issues, and the butterfly screws coming loose, but other than that??????
SR's have failed for a bunch of other reason i don't care to list because there have been mentioned repeatedly in the other thread.
VE's are old tech man, get with the times. We've met many times in person at DPA and at JMR etc... I never assumed you would be as close minded as this.
But anyhow, give these guys a damn chance, let's see what they do with it. If they get one SR lover to convert, or even agree that they did something right then they have done good.
well lets first say this, youll never see my car at jmr agian.
as far as the rest, im not close minded. my buddys bolted specv was a ball ! great fun car, with tons of tq.
im not saying he shouldnt do it, i think its a cool swap, and am pleased to see something different, but you are aware im a fan of sr20's.
as far as how many srs and trannys ive been threw, 1 sr20 i had fail because i drove it home with out a water pump belt because i there was no where to pull over and it got rod knock/it was time for any upgrade anyways. trannys ive been threw many, im brutal on my set ups. the last motor failed due to assembly and tuner error, so taking that out of the equation my other 8 sr20 motors ive had have been bullet proof. one failure due to over heating/rod knock and one to assembly/tuner error. not a bad record.
for the record my buddys spec v had the first gen tranny/clutch problems wich needed the whole tranny to be replaced from nissan, he did not have any butterfly issues though. he drove the car hard, and it was reliable. im not saying they are not stout reliable motors. but like i said spec to spec , cc to cc i see the sr being the better motor.
stratton.