Thread: GA16 - Too cheap for a SR16 or SR20, next best thing?

Looking for a next-best-thing I can do with my motor. A B13 with a GA16 that's running rough right now, needs a tuneup (new belts, alternator, spark plugs, air filter...), looking for things I can do performance wise to give this motor a bit of a kick. Too cheap to get a SR .

clean her up. Get the preventive maint done. Then get rid of the factory exhaust. It sucks. Keep it quiet though, you don't want anyone thinking it is actually fast. Cause it aint.

Hahahaha, ain't that the truth!

Good clutch along with intake, header, exhaust, and nitrous.

A stock SE-R exhaust would probably do wonders, and be way more capacity than would be useful for a GA. And it would be quiet and fairly discrete.



^^From here: General Info on SR20DE exhaust systems

I put a Hotshot CAI on a stock GA16 200sx.
That was a surprising gain for a single mod.Very good bang for the buck if yu can find one.
The upper rev range was much better.
But ...its no SR thats for sure.

Make it run right, do all that routine maintenance.

Then leave it bone-stock, while you save your money for a SR20.

There is nothing you can do to that motor for $400.00 that will equal the gain from an SR20 motor swap.

I have a '94 b13 Sentra E that I purchased a couple of years ago. Purchased with 163,000 miles and currently have 194,000 miles. On my recent trip to Austin to purchase the '93 NX2000 it got an impressive 39.91 MPG.

I bought it and gave it a good tune-up, then I have done the following mods:

SE-R Steering Wheel
SE-R F & R Seats courtesy of Burnt SE-R
SE-R F & R Sway Bars with ES bushings
AGX & Hyperco Gen 1 Springs
K&N Drop-in filter
Tinted windows

Mods to still do are the following:

B13 SE-R Muffler section (the B-pipe is the same)
New ES motor mounts
Thinking about installing a header

i put jwt cams and ecu in my 1600nx daily along with a 2.5 inch custom exhaust and greddy muffler...did wonders...have to rev the **** out of her tho to get power...need a intake and header tho bad...lol

Do the tune up. Save up and sell this one. Sr20 powered cars are pretty cheap these days.