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mkddoc · 04-15-2002, 07:14 PM

Where is the best place to buy the s13 sr redtop, and those of you who have done it, where did you buy it from?

Heavythrottle.com is the only place I can find. Are their engines rebuilt, have a certain # of miles, or what? Are they reliable? And do they give you the harness and everything w/ the engine? Also wondering if it's a clip or just torn out.

I just don't want to go through all the time and money to do this to find out my engine had bad compression or high miles or doesn't run altogether. Thanks.

*DSC* · 04-15-2002, 07:22 PM

I'd trust any of these people with thousands of dollars of my money <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>
http://www.boostdynamics.com
http://www.srswap.com
http://www.mckinneymotorsports.com
http://www.unstable-hybrids.com
good luck with the swap!

crazycuban · 04-15-2002, 08:06 PM

Venus motorsports...I don't know how to contact them, but try...they're pretty cheap.

rotaryknight · 04-16-2002, 12:50 AM

Depends where you are located if you are in SoCal Motorex now offers the installation of the SR20DET motors that they bring in..

If you are worried about who you are giving your money to then I would say go there.  I think they charge $1500 for the installation.

basemies · 04-16-2002, 03:04 AM

<!--QuoteBegin--crazycuban+April 15 2002,9<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (crazycuban @ April 15 2002,9<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>6)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Venus motorsports...I don't know how to contact them, but try...they're pretty cheap.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
i think i heard about venus motorsports somewhere. oh, scc!

HippoSleek · 04-16-2002, 07:22 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (crazycuban @ April 15 2002,9:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Venus motorsports...I don't know how to contact them, but try...they're pretty cheap.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Not anymore.  I understand the price is now $2400 and they are backordered.  The $1500 deal was for a high mileage clip, almost a year ago, to the editors of SCC... I don't think any of us are getting that deal today.

Otherwise, the list above all sounds good to me.

04-15-2002, 07:14 PM	#1
mkddoc Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 33 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Where is the best place to buy the s13 sr redtop, and those of you who have done it, where did you buy it from? Heavythrottle.com is the only place I can find. Are their engines rebuilt, have a certain # of miles, or what? Are they reliable? And do they give you the harness and everything w/ the engine? Also wondering if it's a clip or just torn out. I just don't want to go through all the time and money to do this to find out my engine had bad compression or high miles or doesn't run altogether. Thanks. __________________ "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be" - Kurt Vonnegut "To be great is to be misunderstood" - Emerson

04-15-2002, 07:22 PM	#2
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'd trust any of these people with thousands of dollars of my money <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> http://www.boostdynamics.com http://www.srswap.com http://www.mckinneymotorsports.com http://www.unstable-hybrids.com good luck with the swap! __________________

04-16-2002, 12:50 AM	#4
rotaryknight Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 408 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Depends where you are located if you are in SoCal Motorex now offers the installation of the SR20DET motors that they bring in.. If you are worried about who you are giving your money to then I would say go there.  I think they charge $1500 for the installation. __________________ Daily Driver- 91 240 SX SE...S13 Blacktop HKS FMIC, EVC IV, W/G, Racing Suction, DP, Dual Drager, springs/pillow ball mounts Whiteline sway bars Tokico blues Koyo Radiator, Fluidyne fan J30 VLSD stock exterior. Fun Car- 94 FD3S (TO4S). The White HKS FD in FnF......may she rest in pieces.

04-16-2002, 03:04 AM	#5
basemies Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: minnesota Posts: 68 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	<!--QuoteBegin--crazycuban+April 15 2002,9<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (crazycuban @ April 15 2002,9<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>6)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Venus motorsports...I don't know how to contact them, but try...they're pretty cheap.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> i think i heard about venus motorsports somewhere. oh, scc! __________________ 1989 nissan 240sx coupe 1988 honda crx si [winter car]

04-15-2002, 08:06 PM	#3
crazycuban Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 526 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Venus motorsports...I don't know how to contact them, but try...they're pretty cheap.

04-16-2002, 07:22 AM	#6
HippoSleek Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: elsewhere Posts: 2,081 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (crazycuban @ April 15 2002,9:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Venus motorsports...I don't know how to contact them, but try...they're pretty cheap.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> Not anymore.  I understand the price is now $2400 and they are backordered.  The $1500 deal was for a high mileage clip, almost a year ago, to the editors of SCC... I don't think any of us are getting that deal today. Otherwise, the list above all sounds good to me.