Postby imperial » July 10th, 2011, 3:23 pm
1) Many SR's suffer from oil starvation IF the oil an/crankcase gets a good hit and it compromises the oil pick up line located in the case. Many of the SR's run a good healthy oil pressure if there is no damage to the oil pan.
2) SR is SR is SR is SR. So what I'm basically trying to say, is that all the FWD SR engines will work with any FWD SR gearbox. I've never heard an SR box not being able to mate up to an SR engine.
3) There are 2 main descriptions to group FWD SR boxes. Big Spline (24 teeth main shaft) and the Small Spline (18 teeth main shaft).
They can also be grouped into Hydraulic and Cable type (each group may contain Big Spline and small spline), referring to the type of clutch deactivating mechanism it possesses. In addition, it can be grouped as LSD or Open Diff (Non LSD)(again, each group may contain Big Spline and small spline). For example there are Big Spline boxes that are Hydraulic and Non LSD, and there are Small Spline Boxes that are Cable Type and LSD. But all boxes can be used in any FWD SR application.
4) The SR20VE engine, from what I heard possesses exhaust ports that may may not match up with the normal extractors from the SR20DE. So a VE specific type may have to be sourced.
5) This is a relatively new engine so OBD II system may have to be used (I may stand corrected).
Hope this helps.