The earlier Sentra SE-R is a pretty capable car in the hands of tuners. With it's potent SR20DE engine,light weight and fantastic suspension, it is a very capable car. The SR20DE puts out 150 hp at the crank and about 130 at the wheels. You may be seeing this isn't much,but, recently, a very popular magazine did a little suspension upgrades, about $3,000 dollars worth to the SE-R. The SE-R proceeded to beat a few BMW M-3's at the track. In case you don't know, the M3 has about 350 hp. Not bad, if I say so myself.