Mather's eight-point roll cage was designed to meet ProRally requirements. Accordingly, 1.5-inch tubing was used, and all points are gusseted. As for "interior decoration," Sparco does the honors with its racing buckets, and VDO and Autometer gauges grace the instrument panel.
Thanks to a number of weight-management strategies, including relocating the Optima battery to the trunk, Mather's ultra-Sentra boasts a front/rear weight distribution of 58.5/41.5-compared with 68/32 stock. According to Legere, "it almost feels like a rear-wheel-drive car now."
But this car looks and sounds quite unlike any other car on the street or the track. Touching 125 mph down Lime Rock's legendary "No Name Straight" Mather's '91 Sentra SE becomes a blue and yellow blur which Mather has learned to love as he attempts to race the wheels off his little Nissan.
| 1991 NISSAN SENTRA SE |
| ENGINE |
| Engine Code : | GA16DE |
| Type : | Inline four, iron block,
aluminum head |
| Internal Modifications : | Reground OE cams, Venolia
pistons, 10.53:1 compression,
shot-peened rods, ported
and polished head |
| External Modifications : | Four-into-one header,
mandrel-bent downtube,
Simons Mufflers, SR20
throttle-body, K&N cone air
filter, Magnacore 8.5 wires,
150-amp alternator from
Wrangler Northwest Power
Products, Optima yellow top
battery, Legere custom
extra-large oil pan and oil
cooler |
| DRIVETRAIN |
| Layout : | Transverse front engine,
front-wheel drive |
| Drivetrain Modifications : | Legere custom Spring
Block limited slip, 4.471
final drive, Legere custom
metallic clutch, Stillen
short-throw shifter |