How to Build the ULTIMATE Nissan SR20! 

I've been listening to this guy since the late 90's. This man knows his SR20s.

Step 1 for the ultimate SR is to get a VVL head. So much efficiency to be gained. Basically creating the K series within the SR world.

Build it!!! Build up the dang .thing ..we want the play by play...drips of assembly drops...Loctite the blue and the red. Torque specs ,tips and tricks too...we want engine dyno runs numbers and graphs....big red lines an numbers through the roof . Love sr cant get enough

Oooo i spy a P10/G20 😍 one of the best handeling chassis to grace this earth 🌎

Would love you guys to do a video on the assembly of this engine to completion, including turbo and manifold. Be great to hear you do a segment on engine management.

Hmm seems like a nice winter project

This man is the sensei of SRs

Protect this man at all costs!

I wish I was closer to CA. I'd send you a 2ZZ-GE challenge.. 😅

"Guys who make those statements, usually don't" lol

I think the ultimate SR needs a VE head but hard to find these days. My ultimate love is the SR, things have come a long way from 15 years ago when i used to have mine.

I've been binging Lake Speed's Motor Oil Geek and Total Seal videos. Mazworx and Tekno Toyz are legendary. Been dreaming about having a Mazworx DE block for ages

Love the passion and knowledge you bring to the table, a nice change from the everyday RU-vid mechanic!

A couple of SR20’s would pull a premium a week before race wars

You're AWESOME Mike!!! 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Some of the best car knowledge on youtube, bar none! Keep it up yall 😁

This guy looks like he's about to burst out laughing all the time ! He's good but ! Cheers from New Zealand

What an absolute treat in this age we get information like this on hand from decades of experience. Thanks for generously sharing your knowledge (with the engineering justification) Mike!

Words of wisdom! Thanks for a video on the SR engine, I hope to see a video on the RB from you, especially with your knowledge. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us!😊

I like how you are super humble about it and then says so were going to build a 500hp engine now... haha! love it!

It would be great to see some follow up videos for these engine videos, assembly, dyno etc.

Do the LFX next

Sr20😉 build it to last and you’ll enjoy it! 💯💪

Thank you, Mike! excellent content, as usual.

YES!!! I've been waiting! Thanks Awesome!

thank you for the knowledge share

Excellent!

GREAT job Mike, what about VVL head????

I have been waiting a while for the bbl head video…. That you mention in the other SR video 😅

Greatly information about technology and application even though my Mini Cooper will never get swapped.

Mike you are like a SR20 bible... I just dream about one day could afford to be one of your customer 😅

If only I kept my NX2000 from 15 years ago, back when I was a dumb and a poor

I dont have that much experience so keep at mind that my own build is more an "amateur" build rather than an ultimate build, but thing i learned on SR20 since 10 years: 1-Oil pump => Go for either an GTI-R or SR16VE oil pump. Both have wider internals, resulting in more flow (and more pressure for the later). A minor adaptation is needed though, like a new collard for the crank (with is now diven by 2 wolfkey rather than 1), a 5mm shorten crank pulley and a relocation TDC indicator. It's rumored that SR20VE oil pump cover are a bit stronger and have the same are SR16VE internals. 2-Conrod = you can get some brands who use GTI-R bearings, switching from 17mm wide to 19mm wide. 3-Mains bearings = use Nismo or Tomei for the oil gallery on both sides. IDK if ACL do the same. 4-I'm not a fan off dual guide on the rocker arm, for what i understand you need to shim your rocker arm properlly if you dont wana throw them. Use the special tool (or make one) which is placed on the lifter location and mesure carfully with a comparator the heigt difference between your 2 valves. If done correctly (+/-0.025mm between them) you done with rocker arm problems, except if your using an agressive rev limiter or anti lag (the exhaust valves can lift from those). 5-Never use a rocker arm stopper 😠 6-For a non track only car, i recomand 4032 alloy pistons instead of 2618. There are less thermal expantion on 4032 so way less piston slack than 2618, and there are stong enough for more than enouth hp to daily drive. (4032 piston example : HKS, Mahle but there is no hole for oil squiter on this one) 7-Oil pan, obviously larger capacity + baffle but i recommand stainless rather than aluminium. The oil drain tend to wear the threads really quick on aluminium, but you can use an Helicoil to prevent that. I use Tomei japan N1 pan, + 0.8 liter and quite nice looking too. 8-Valve guide, dont cheap on that. They wears down quickly because of the rocker arm design, aftermarket ones are suposly a bit stonger, but the main thing is check the valve on the guide, 0.3mm is the max at max lift. 9-Coil : use a good aftermarket one, R35/370Z or VAG R8 are greats, spitfire etc... are garbage. And last thing, the OEM SR20 is 8.5:1 CR, uping this to above 9:1 until just under 10:1 mean that you can still use gas pump 93, but your engine will be nicer at low rpm and spool your turbo faster. More than 10:1 E85 is needed. 😊

One day, i will get you guys to build me a balls to the wall engine. I have trust issues. you guys have my trust

man I wish you guys were closer to Nc!!

My ideal SR20 project would be a Nissan Pulsar/Sunny Gtir rally recce car.

People who think cryo treating and WPC are snake oil are idiots. I spent over 20 years in aviation. A lot of aircraft parts are cryo treated. Pretty much all the rotating parts in a jet engine (fan, compressor, and turbine blades) as well as any gears are cryo treated (and sometimes laser peened). Media impact deposition application of dry film lubricants has AMS and DoD process specifications (DOD-L-85645 Rev. A). It's been in use for at least 25 years by the military. I suspect its been around longer than that jusr under a different spec number. I've seen F-16 flight control parts manufactured in the 80s that had some kind of dry film surface coating and a slightly pebbled texture like WPC.

Hi Mike.

Do n N/A sr20de and vvl

my job is heat treating for blades. and we heat treat and cryo

Like 500 hp here is good fuel, good tune, new bearings, soft limiter, ARP rod bolts water pump pulley underdive, oil pickup mod.

I do Autocross and you certainly get things much hotter and stressed even doing that compared to anything you could ever do on the road and that's nothing compared to track or drift. Road usage is so soft on an engine 😂

Great engine. Just replace -everything- with custom parts. And then modyfi them. Love is blind I guess :P Thanks for sharing knowledge guys.

Do you have any videos on the SR20 DE? I have one, and it’s pretty awesome even non-turbo. Great job as always 💯

I feel dirty watching the finger go into the ports on the head

Aka the 4 cylinder RB motor

Put that in a Nissan juke

Project do it all S13 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Great video! But whatspsrk plugs would you recommend for this build?

Are you guys planning to create a video series of the engine and car build with dyno and track testing?

I’m goina recommend you guys do a how to build the ultimate f22c1 plzzzz :)

Great video Mike

Great build, I'm from Australia and struggling to find the part number for the lifters. A little help would be great

LOVE this segment Mike! I know this is may be sore spot for you but I gotta ask🙂 I'm an old head of the early SER days that grabbed a '02 QR25 Spec when they launched w\ 33K miles on it, do you have any plans to touch on the QR? 😁

Can we get a follow along engine build, the assembly I mean.

Mike, when are you going to get Dave Coleman on here for an episode on one of his weird projects?

So studs warp the block, heard that on this channel first. Is this feature unique to aluminum block engine? How much distortion would iron block see? Do we need a torque plate there?

please make a content about cylinerhead torque plate

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Do a video on ca18det

Would like to see a Ga15de build

Excellent can we do a KA24DE that can safely push 400+hp as a daily.

Where are people getting new rocker arms and lifters these day. They are 150-200 now, 3k to do a head. The non oem stuff any good?

We need the video on the vvl head

What would be ur recommendation for building up a vb wrx transmission. Should I go for an sti swap or is their a better option.

Where is the z32??? we need some videos on that build!

Ok Mike, but what have you done to that E39 M5?

Have you guys finished up that vq37vhr build?

I've always wondered. How can you "tune" a car's computer for mods. Without the O2 sensors and emission equipment, negating any effects?

Are there any papers You would recommend reading about the cryogenic metal treatment.

What about the oil pickup tube I’ve heard they tend to break off frequently?

What would the price be for parts if you have a stock engine? Ball park.

Let's be honest, the ultimate Sr would have a vvl head 👌

mike do you ever build CA18's

Don't think enough drivers understand the load braking in gear does to a engine especially rod bolts. Deceleration is the same load as acceleration. Losing your engine is automatic last place.

I or H beam? Reply which and why?

Imagine building a NA D16 LOL

What do you say to the people who claim intakes with short runners like the Greddy lose a lot of low end torque and it's better to stick with the stock intake?

He's not building drag cars that need a fresh motor every race 😅

From where can one purchase the roller rocker lifter

How do they drill the pin boss oil holes? Must have a very small 90 degree spindle on their cnc machines, maybe high pressure coolant powered, just a guess.

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Considering a Mazworx basic sr20 rebuild is 10 grand I can only imagine how much this engine costs... You really have to want that sr20 to keep it over something more modern and cheaper.

If you are in California, I am looking for a job, I want to study with you

Dog Car tricks when? Lol

Every time I see an SR20, I just get the feeling that Nissan didn't design and manufacture it to particularly high standards.

Step 1 remove sr20 Step 2 replace with k series Step 3 done

It can't be the ultimate SR if it doesn't have the VE head.

Mike reminds me of Jeff Ho. If you know, you know. How cool would it be to get a moto IQ car done in a Jeff Ho paint job. Call him up!

Mike you look too happy. the last time I saw you this happy you had one too many from Anhyi's scorpion bowl and you busted through Sean's door while he was trying to get laid from his lady. Yes this was when Anhyi lived in Huntington beach

Take a shot every time you hear WPC treatment and cryogenic treatment.

Chuck it in the bin and get a Toyota if you want to beat on a Nissan. If your car is going drifting, put a proven engine in the car. I.e, a 1jz or a 2jz. You have loads of space under the hood. A RB26 might even be a solution, but not a SR20. A straight six would provide much clearer power and more torque without having to lean on it, which in turn, makes a much more reliable build.

I don’t get it. How can anyone watch a video of the most boring man in the world talk about car parts for an hour? Every other word is umm or uhh.

That thinng just never dies haha. Someone always wants a soft reject 20. 500hp safe in an SR20 is serious mojo.