i was looking through an insurance auto auctions car site, iaa.com. checking out some effed up s2k's and i found one with a rather odd looking engine valve cover, posted it up here to see if anyone knew what type of vc it is?
look at the engine shot.

P.s: i like looking at effed up s2k's to remind me not to do that to mine...

 

Not an s2k valve cover..and that's obviously not an s2k engine in that S.

 

hmm thats what i thought as well it looks like a dohc engine but from what ?

 

looks like a sr20 engine

 

yup it is

check this website

http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...mb=3AWFwG5gSyq

 

it doesnt look squarish enough to be an sr20... why would someone want to upgrade/downgrade to an sr instead of an F20/22

 

indeed it is an sr20 i'd put that on a datsun 240 not an S

 

def looks like a SR20.

As to why...no idea. It's a definite downgrade. Only rational reason I can think of is that the F20C broke. Of course people aren't always rational.

 

Or the fact that you can get an SR20 for cheap compared to a F2x motor... Probably was a junk motor that someone swapped in quickly to "one up" the insurance company. I mean, look, it's not even hooked up anywhere, it's just... in there.

 

lolz i could only imagine what he/she was thinking when they did this. or it could have been that they effed up the original motor.... i hope it was the latter.

to: AFs2K yeahh the "one up" scenario with the insurance co. looks to be a good probability too, but im sure they check the vin on the engine when the car comes in.