s14 head on frontier block?

[katillidie]

so my head gasket went on the frontier at 260k miles... well out lived its life... anyway.. i have a s14 head and cams chillen in my garage.. to decrease downtime i was planning to get the s14 head machined and valve seals installed... but before i do this i want to make sure its exactly the same... ie timing chain idler sprocket bolt so i can use s14 head with s14 cams with frontier idler gear and frontier cam sprockets

[PapaSmurf2k3]

What year is the frontier?

To be honest with you, I can't quite remember what happens if you swap a DOHC head onto a SOHC engine... there might be a change in compression ratio, and you'll also have to swap intake and exhaust manifolds.

[katillidie]

Its a 98 frontier so it already has a dohc head on it..

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Yeah, everything should line up then. I think the only difference is the cams and the manifolds were altered to change the torque curve.

[katillidie]

It works... Completed it this weekend long with the 248/232 dual exhust cam swap.. Write up coming soon



S14 head installed

S13 248 cam on intake side s13 232 on ex side
She runs

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Hell yeah man! Congrats!

[katillidie]

Cam install write up
frontier-ka24de-to-240sx-248-232-or-248 ... 95178.html