'96 micra.. not cool but kinda free

[rebel2cv]

Rightio, i was asked to bail a friend if mine out the other day, long story short, i replaced the starter on her corsa.



poor gal was having a rough month and couldnt pay me for the work so i was offered this. i figured what the hell! its been hit at the front but is structurally sound, engine sounds pretty rough but as its taxed til november i thought id bomb about in it.. until-



oil light was flickering and i assumed it was a dodgy connection, then it just lost all power and died a slow and painful death.. i did manage to drive five miles though!

so, yeah, got it dragged back to my gf's where i then realised some goon has fitted a leisure battery too! what a shed!

[waveman1500]

Wow, your friend gave you a car for replacing a starter motor? They only take 5 minutes to do. I recently replaced a mate's starter motor in exchange for a cup of instant coffee.

So, what are you going to do with the Micra? I assume due to the presence of a thread that you're not just going to run it as is or scrap it?

[rebel2cv]

well plans are to fix it first! there was a nasty scraping sound before it died which is a tad concerning! if the engine is indeed shot then ill seek a replacement, not sure if ill stick to a 998cc lump, then drop it, and I'm thinking some banded steelies.

[tommy300ce]

SR20DE might aswell if you gotta replace it.

[metroman]

TURBO!!! www.micra.com.au/community/message.php?messageid=72737

[callisr]

Gotta disagree with the title - VERY cool!!

[orangecords]

^^^^ what he said!!!

[rebel2cv]

i suppose its a blank canvas! for now i just want to see if i can get it going again, charged the leisure battery but its knackered so its still sitting there atm, by the way, what cars was the SR20DE fitted to, and how much work has to be done to fit it?

[tommy300ce]

Primera Gt and Serena 2.0 petrol. Also fitted in turbo form SR20DET to 200SX pulsar GTI-R and I think also skyline on R32. Not sure of the work involved but when done go like the clappers 150 BHP in non turbo.

[rebel2cv]

ooh.. now that IS tempting!