3SGE vs SR20DET - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

rrc88 · 08-29-2007, 09:29 AM

hey! i`m from Peru and here we have kind of questions about a nissan sentra sr20DET vs a toyota celica 89 3sge, once the celica won and other day in other conditions(rain) the sr20DET won..so i wanna know sr20DET or 3SGE?? and why?

thanks...
does any one speaks spanish? hahaha...because i can`t post some pics and i wanna know how can i do it!!!

TubRog5 · 08-29-2007, 08:53 PM

Stock vs stock? The sr20det wins hands down. Why? A 2.0 turbo engine vs a NA 2.0 engine. Which one would you pick? The turbo one right? Plus, a 1st generation 3sge isn't really anything too special.

Vip09 · 08-29-2007, 11:42 PM

The '89 3S-GE is pretty slow. I'd say the celica won due to the driver factor.

rrc88 · 08-30-2007, 03:56 PM

but i think that my friend`s 3sge is from 1998 or 1999..isnt the 1st generation....is a new engine...well "new" haha..so..a 3sge vs sr20det= SR20DET!!!...and a 3SGTE vs SR20DET???..or a 3SGE vs SR20DE??? stock!

TTercel · 08-30-2007, 04:04 PM

Beams (Blacktop) 3SGE would rape a SR20DE stock. 3rd gen 3SGTE and SR20DET are pretty evenly matched...

boi_si · 08-30-2007, 05:10 PM

his post mention 89 celica with 3sge. now its 98-99 celica with 3sge. im confused.

sr20det wins hands down. tell him to do 3sgte and restart another thread.

TubRog5 · 08-30-2007, 06:24 PM

Even a '98/'99 3sge isn't much of anything when compared to an sr20det. Stock for stock sr20det is the better engine hands down. Even mod ability the sr20det is the better engine.

rrc88 · 08-30-2007, 11:44 PM

no no no!!!! now i have the real information...the year of the car isnt 89 ist 87...the engine is from a 99 3sge celica...sorry about wrong information...

rrc88 · 08-30-2007, 11:46 PM

but now my question is what engine is better...3sge vs sr20de???

PhillyDRFT · 08-31-2007, 12:51 PM

www.toyotacelicaonline.com
www.edmunds.com
www.nicoclub.com
www.google.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.howstuffworks.com
www.youtube.com

All of those sites have enough listed or searchable content to answer your question. It's not one that should be asked. If you want to know about street racing... Knock yourself out on youtube videos. I'm sure theres tons of sr20 and 3sge videos there.

If you really care about the mechanical differences in the engines, which from an engineering standpoint makes one better than the other. We're not going to do your research for you. You really have to give someone a reason first. Just because you want to know why one wins in a race. Isn't influancing enough for me to elaborate on the topic.

EchoHoLiK · 08-31-2007, 06:25 PM

Why compare an NA engine to a turbo one?

If you wanna boil down to it, the 3SGTE won more races for racing Toyotas than the SR20DET in racing Nissans, if that answers your question. If it's the RB26, on the otherhand...

91celicagt-s · 09-16-2007, 09:24 AM

Then you would have to bring out the 2jzgte and then it would beat the rb26, The sr20det would be a better motor out of the 3sfe and sr20 in my opnion.

GTSTWINCAM · 10-16-2007, 12:00 AM

Ive owned both a Celica GT-S with a 3SGE and a 91 NX2000 with an SR20DE.

SR20 will eat a 3SGE.

GotJDM? · 10-25-2007, 12:16 PM

For one, I'm not to sure even due to weather conditions that a 3SGE engine could beat an SR20DET engine..My friend has an SR20DET Red Top in his 240 , and when I first got my 89 Celica GT-S with a 3SGE engine in it , he beat me by like, 10 car lengths..No way a 3SGE stocked could take an SR20DET , whether black top or red top.

But on the other hand, a 3SGTE engine could definitly, if not beat it, keep up with it.

tgidavid · 10-26-2007, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTSTWINCAM

Ive owned both a Celica GT-S with a 3SGE and a 91 NX2000 with an SR20DE.

SR20 will eat a 3SGE.

On paper this sounds highly unlikely ...

91 celica gt-s weight 2500lbs
3s-ge 154HP@ 6600 RPM 137 ft-lb@4800

91 NX 2000 weight 2500lbs
sr20de 140HP @6400 RPM 130 ft-lb@4800