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uhtjoogoorih · 03-06-2008, 04:02 AM

So I went into the shop to work on the car a bit, took off cam caps, and saw that the camshaft on the exhaust side near the back side was seized/frozen. So when I turned car on after I got back in town, exhaust camshaft snapped in half in one of the journals. Didn't have my camera so couldn't take a picture of how it was. I'll be taking it to machine shop to see if it can be worked on. But I'm preparing for the worst and looking around to get a new head. Gonna be ordering my own valve train components. But I was wondering if the cylinder heads from the SR20DET are interchangeable with the the heads found in the SR20DE which were available for some of the Sentra SE-R, and the Infiniti g20. Looking to see if the FWD head can be used in the RWD engines. Been looking around for a little bit and couldn't really find much. It would be easier and a lot faster to source one rather than the SR20DET RWD head. Thanks in advance

punxva · 03-06-2008, 08:39 AM

no the fwd head will not bolt on

levelgx · 03-06-2008, 09:04 AM

Wow, this place is freaky.. I was wondering about the FWD heads compared to the RWD heads like yesterday..

SDS13COUPE · 03-06-2008, 09:25 AM

Where in Socal do you live. You should be able to find SR's/heads/blocks/parts like nothing.

uhtjoogoorih · 03-06-2008, 01:48 PM

I'm going to school San Diego but from Gardena. I just called up Marco from SR20Store and he said don't even think about using the FWD heads. Said the length of the block in the back or something was different. And for those of you that needs heads he got some available so just give him a call. I'm going to see if I can get mine serviced at the machine shop and if I need to I'll just pick up one from Marco.

03-06-2008, 04:02 AM	#1
uhtjoogoorih Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 39 Posts: 57 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	SR20 Head Question So I went into the shop to work on the car a bit, took off cam caps, and saw that the camshaft on the exhaust side near the back side was seized/frozen. So when I turned car on after I got back in town, exhaust camshaft snapped in half in one of the journals. Didn't have my camera so couldn't take a picture of how it was. I'll be taking it to machine shop to see if it can be worked on. But I'm preparing for the worst and looking around to get a new head. Gonna be ordering my own valve train components. But I was wondering if the cylinder heads from the SR20DET are interchangeable with the the heads found in the SR20DE which were available for some of the Sentra SE-R, and the Infiniti g20. Looking to see if the FWD head can be used in the RWD engines. Been looking around for a little bit and couldn't really find much. It would be easier and a lot faster to source one rather than the SR20DET RWD head. Thanks in advance

03-06-2008, 09:04 AM	#3
levelgx Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NWA Arkansas Age: 41 Posts: 58 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, this place is freaky.. I was wondering about the FWD heads compared to the RWD heads like yesterday.. __________________

03-06-2008, 09:25 AM	#4
SDS13COUPE Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego Age: 39 Posts: 1,403 Trader Rating: (19) Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Where in Socal do you live. You should be able to find SR's/heads/blocks/parts like nothing.

03-06-2008, 01:48 PM	#5
uhtjoogoorih Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 39 Posts: 57 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I'm going to school San Diego but from Gardena. I just called up Marco from SR20Store and he said don't even think about using the FWD heads. Said the length of the block in the back or something was different. And for those of you that needs heads he got some available so just give him a call. I'm going to see if I can get mine serviced at the machine shop and if I need to I'll just pick up one from Marco.