Well today I finally got to go and size the SR20 into the 1200. It actually dropped in pretty easy, I took the sway bar out to make things a little easier, although the engine just barely fits inside the aftermarket 7/8" thick sway bar. The GREAT news is that I can use the stock turbo location and outlet pipe!!! I was a little worried about it all hitting the steering box on a LHD car, but it clears fine with plenty of room!!! Now I won't need the top mount manifold and all that other crap! This is going to make things SOOO much easier!!!

There is one problem though, the Greddy style intake is a lot longer than the stock one, so there isn't much room between the throttle body and radiator. The engine can still go back another inch or two so we'll see if I can get enough room in there to fit the intake, otherwise I'll be stuck using the stock one.

Anyway, I'm leaving for Thailand tomorrow, so I won't be able to do anything on it for 2 weeks, but I've posted all the pictures that people have been dying to see to show everyone how much clearance you have to work with when putting the SR20DET into an originally automatic 72 1200 Coupe. Here's links to the pictures!!!

Suspension Height with SR20
Oil Pan clearance
Steering box/turbo
Steering box/turbo
Left side of the engine bay
Outlet pipe location
Outlet pipe exit location
Rear engine shot
Front engine clearance
Rear engine clearance
Engine mount Left side
Large view of engine
Zoomed out view of engine