Since my brother is puttin a semi worked black top 4age in his old rear wheel drive starlet, i would like somethin to try and keep up, im thinkin i only want to go 1600cc, there is the ca18 and sr20 motors but i think they mite b too much work so any suggestions as to what to put in wud be great, cheers!!

turbo/supercharged A15?

How much trouble do you want to go to though?

FJ20 Turbo...... but you need a bloody big shoe horn!

I'm trying to stay away from forced induction, but i can get my hands on an SR20DE with auto gearbox, i would of course change it to manual, or i was wondering about older bluebird motors??

Naw, my FJ20T went straight in with only minor mods to the engine mounts...
Later model sunny with square headlights is better - more room to fit the intercooler in front of the radiator!!!

TnP

u dont wanna go over 1600cc and want it fast.
13b n/a or turbo wouldnt matter.

I'm thinking of getting SR20DE swap on my sunny 81 sedan model
and get a manua/auto gearbox
I would prefer manual but gf only drives automatic (gets really handy when you're drunk!)
anyone knows where I can take my car for this conversion in brisbane area?

Teach your girl to drive manual..... when your drunk, you wont remember how bad she is anyway

I gotta tell you don't go auto, you'll lose all the fun. Why not a turbo?? doesn't matter go SR20DE and get the Stanza front crossmember and suspension it will bolt into a Sunny they're identical, this will be needed to fit an SR then you need minor mods to the mounts on the crossmember to correctly align with the rubber mounts on the block. I did it myself..... stop thinking go do it. If you can't afford an SR or CA go get an L series it bolts straight onto the Stanza crossmember,,,,,just one problem Sunny's have Cable clutch not Hydraulic,,,,go figure

does the stanza crossmember fit into a 120y ?