350 Horsepower: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R Turbo

The B13 generation Nissan Sentra isn't a particularly memorable car in basic spec, but the factory hod rod SE-R offers an oddly fun package.  The combination of a robust and torquey inline-4, good brakes, light curb weight, and limited slip differential puts the SE-R into the ugly-but-good category of used cars....but you'll never find a stock example that hasn't been thrashed into the ground.  Today's next example has been fitted with a humongous turbocharger...so that's either good or bad depending on how you feel about torque steer or passing state mandated emissions tests.  Find this 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R Turbo offered for $5500 in South Jersey, NJ via craigslist. Tip from Jeff.

Horsefeather: 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R

There are quite a few cars on the DT favorites list that are almost NEVER found in stock/clean/low-mile configuration for just about any price.  The top of the list includes quite a few Japanese cars, including the Honda CRX, Subaru STI, DSM Talon/Eclipse/Laser, Mitsu EVO, but today we've found a real pile of rocking horse pooh -- a stock/nice/clean 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R offered for $4,500 in Cincinnati, OH via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.

Comes With A Spare: 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The B13 generation Nissan Sentra isn't a particularly memorable car in basic spec, but the factory hod rod SE-R offers an oddly fun package. The combination of a robust and torquey inline-4, good brakes, light curb weight, and limited slip differential puts the SE-R into the ugly-but-good category of used cars. Find this 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R offered for $5,000 in Richmond, VA via craigslist.

DT 5.0 Best 5K Cars

Cars costing five grand are the life blood of DT.  It is a dicey price point that can lead to any number of potential outcomes: a slightly better than beater, money pit, the nickel and dimer, or the diamond in the rough .  Craigslist searching skills, hard negotiating, and knowledge of a marque all go a long way to deciding your fate on a car for five stacks.  Here is a pretty diverse list of gems in this arena.  This post is part of DT's 5th Birthday Celebration.

Subcompact Car?!? 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R; Former Sport Compact Car Project

Sometimes our internet searches bear fruit, and sometimes our tippers do all the work for us. Take this next example: a former magazine car, owned and built by a friend of DT "back in the day," subsequently changed hands several times - including to the tipper/reader who sent us the ad link. The car in question is a B13 Sentra SE-R, one of the great sport compacts of the '90s and subject of many Sport Compact Car magazine articles written by former Geek-at-Large Dave Coleman, who says: "Subcompact car? Oh, so sad... Front end has been changed since someone hit a deer or something (saw pics of that on Jalopnik a few years ago), but that's the car. Recognize the one-of-one strut tower brace."  Find this 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R for sale in Stratford, CT for $5,300 via craigslist. Tip from Cory.

1k: Hot Mess: 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R B13

The B13 generation Nissan Sentra isn't a particularly memorable car in basic spec, but the factory hod rod SE-R offers an oddly fun package.  The combination of a robust and torquey inline-4, good brakes, light curb weight, and limited slip differential puts the SE-R into the ugly-but-good category of used cars.  Find this 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R B13 offered for $1,000 near Pittsburgh, PA.

7K Rally Good Deal: 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V

By Gianni -- Performance stage rallying is the motorsports world’s soccer.  Big in the rest of the world, but unknown in the U.S.  Rallies in Europe have thousands of spectators lining the stages, often camping out overnight to get a good spot.  In the U.S., organizers are lucky to have more than 100 spectators on a stage.  That’s a shame really, as after you have been to special stage and stood feet away from a rally car with no fencing between you as  it as it spits rocks from its tires, you’ll suddenly find attending track racing events as boring.  Then you will want to try it yourself.  Find this 2003 rally prepared Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V with a Rally America log book and a mountain of spares on Craigslist in Puyallup, WA.  Tip from K2_Mystery Car.

2k: Smitten and Frostbitten: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R B13

Surviving 23 years in the North for 218,000 miles isn't supposed to look this good. You have to look closely at this squeaky clean B13 SE-R to see its age. It's all in the interior wear points: worn pedal surfaces, thin driver's side floor mat, and squished seat bolsters - and that's nitpicking. Otherwise, the aftermarket steering wheel and head unit are the only two deviations from a circa-1990 catalog. This will not last long. Find this 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R in Olympia, WA for $2,000 via craigslist. 

1k: It Followed Me Home: 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The B13 Sentra SE-R makes a great autocross legend or a loyal, affable commuter companion thanks to the venerable SR20 engine, well-behaving limited-slip differential, and communicative chassis. Looking like a abandoned mutt in search of a background to play in, this Sentra just needs a bath and some cosmetic fixes. With just a little effort and hardly a down payment, it would happily wear cow trails along the fenceline and into the heart of your family's financial overseer. Find this 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R in Richmond, VA for $1,000 via craigslist.

5k: Spec VQ: 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V, V6-swapped

 Everyone wants to be the sporty yet sensible sedan. This Sentra, with a clandestine V6 from an Infiniti, nails the "sporty" part of the equation. We're not sure how sensible a car with filled motor mounts can be, but the engine came from a luxury sedan so that must count for something. Find this VQ35-swapped 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V in Lexington, KY for $4,675 via craigslist. Update 6/10/2014; 2:15pm, it looks like this car is already gone.

2k: Stock Up: 1994 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The conclusion to any conversation about the Nissan Sentra SE-R is that it is impossible to find a clean stock example of a B13 SE-R.  Nissan built plenty of the SR20 powered sport compact special editions, but they have been abused, raced, wrecked and it is almost impossible to find a nice example.  Of course, DT regular Kaibeezy did not give up hope and finally found this 1994 Nissan Sentra SE-R for sale in Daly City, CA for $2,500 via craigslist.

5k: YesER! 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

We've been on the prowl for a stock Nissan Sentra SE-R for a while, but they seem to be hard to find in anything other than "plywood wing and mismatched body panel" configuration.  It's a great situation if you are in the hunt for a 24 Hrs of LeMons car, but for someone looking for cheap fast-ish transportation that you could use to drive your family around, it's like trying to find the beach in Oklahoma.  So when regular tipper Cory sent us a seller submission for his stock looking SE-R, we couldn't say no!  Find this 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R for sale in Norwalk, CT for $5,000 via vwvortex forums.  Seller submission from Cory.

5k: Craptastic: 2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V

The Nissan Sentra was a forgettable compact from Japan, built in various generations since 1982, but the SE-R editions did raise some eyebrows in gearhead circles.  In the B15 generation (model year 2000-2006) the highest trim level was the SE-R Spec V, a special edition of the special edition.  Mostly it was a horrible car with a wretched engine but equipped with a 6-speed gearbox and LSD.  Find this 2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V for sale in Brooklyn, NY offered for $5,750 via craigslist.