180sx engine, S15 chassis

[motorheadirl]

I'm not sure if this has been covered before but I couldn't find anything specific to my question so here it goes.

I have a 99 Silvia S15 N/A and I decided to go turbo. A friend of mine has a 1997 180sx which he dropped a forged engine into so I took the oppertunity to buy his very low mileage Sr20det (non-vvt) blacktop engine.

My question is can I simply buy a complete S14/S15 exhaust side (waterneck for turbo coolant, Turbo, manifold, turbo inlet and outlet etc.) and have no issues with alignment or anything else?

Also is there anything else i should know as I don't know of any non-vvt S15 conversions that have been done (e.g. which engine loom should be used, 180sx or S15?)

I won't be half assing this either, I plan on buying genuine and brand new on any/all parts for reliablity

Cheers

[green_rs13]

you are correct, use an s14a/s15 turbo setup.

you want to use the 180sx engine wiring loom and splice the s15 abs loom into it to keep your dash working

[Mitch]

If you're not half assing it, get a Spec R engine, loom and ECU and it's a straight fit. You should get decent money back for the engine you currently have.

[motorheadirl]

@green_rs13 Perfect, much appreciate the info

@Mitch I won't find one of them too easy in this country and the engine i bought has less than 70k km's on it which i'm happy with (besides, i prefer non vvt)

[Mitch]

Fair enough, you'll want to splice the two looms together if you want the ABS and speedo to work, as your man GreenRS13 says.

[motorheadirl]

No problem, thanks for that