1992 Nissan 240sx SR20DET Engine Swap (56K Friendly)

[MeanGreenS13]

Car: 1992 Nissan 240sx SE (RWD)Engine Stock: KA24DE 2.4L Dual Cam 4cyl (155hp)Engine Being Swapped In: SR20DET 2.0L Dual Cam TURBO 4cyl (205hp)Swappers: Phil, Cory, Ken, Levi, Jorge, Mark

Day 1 (11.17.05)Basicly, no pictures for today, Cory and I disconnected the upper harness from the KA engine. This took us about 2 hours to complete. It's not very easy doing this at 7pm at night, Cory and I also started to replace the stock fuel pump with a High Pressure 255LPH pump from Walbro.

Day 2 (11.18.05)Levi, Ken and Cory were all here today. We got started about 5:45 or 6pm tonight. We disconnected the remainder of the lines hoses and electrical wiring and Pulled out the KA. PICTURES BELOW!



Day 3 (11.19.05)So far today i've just been cleaning up the engine bay. seeing as it is saturday, ive been working on it since about 6:30am today. basicly pressure washed, scrubbed, detailed and waxed the engine bay up so its nice and clena and shiny. I also placed the new 300zx Fuel filter in and connected the bottom lines. CHECK BACK TONIGHT WE MAY GET THE SR ENGINE IN TODAY! I will get some more pictures when its a little bit lighter outside

Day 4 (11.20.05)We got the engine in tonight despite the rain. We ran into a few problems with clearnance on the firewall, but there seems to always be some problems like that when it comes to these engine swaps. tomorrow after work, Levi should be stopping by, hopefully we get everything all hooked up. PICS soon

Day 5-8Well the past few days have been a literal blur. Everything went in very smoothly and now we are just working out the bugs. Right now all thats left is figuring out what to do about the throttle cable being too short, the wiring problem and putting coolant in it and getting it drivable. here are some current pictures. LOOKS finished but trust me, its far from that. Hey, at least we know it runs



Day 10 (11.25.05)ITS ALIVE AND DRIVING! Tonight with the help of Mark and Cory and a little help from Levi finding my boost leak. we got it to be drivable. cory gets mad props tho for spending nearly 4 hours tonight until 12am working most of the remaining bugs out. She now pulls pretty good but still isnt pulling like a "raped ape" as Cory put it. There are still some bugs to be worked out of it, but believe me it feels 10 times better than it did.
Modified by MeanGreenS13 at 10:23 PM 11/25/2005

[nismotuner82]

wooooooot woooooooot for the locksmith van in the background. Freee advertisement for me!

Cory

[WhiteKoukiS14]

looks good phil, got everything u need for the swap?

[MeanGreenS13]

all i need is couplings and the harness done

[JDMEnthused]

good job man, im happy for you.. i need to come down to Vero for the summer.

[dre240]

finally. just in time for the cold weather. looks good. ill prob meet with you guys tomorrow.

[MeanGreenS13]

i have a strange feeling everyone is going to be over here tomorrow lol, im not going to riverside obviously, and i believe cory is gonna come over, levi will be here, jorge will be here, maybe chris and my buddy will

[WhiteKoukiS14]

i have a strange feeling everyone is going to be over here tomorrow lol, im not going to riverside obviously, and i believe cory is gonna come over, levi will be here, jorge will be here, maybe chris and my buddy will

football game at 1 but i will be over after 4 if you guys are still working on the car

[MeanGreenS13]

might not do anything today... rain sucks!

[onevia13]

now now cory dont let your head get to big im sure all you did was tell every body what to do and you just sat there looking pretty well may be not

and dont be haiting

[Florida240sx]

Hey Phil.Once I get your old/my new engine. we need to race on the same psi Just to see if you made the wrong decision. Good luck wiht the swap.Hope that blue sky is there the rest of the day.

[MeanGreenS13]

KA-T vs SR20 sounds fun lol

[nismotuner82]

why w8 for phil, i got your race right here buddy

Cory

[dsm007]

Well since no one has said it yet,the red topped beast is in....Phil I hope those couplers I gave ya will work for your hotpipe and ill stop by tomorrow after work and get some more progress done,Cory got the harness done up so its all about pluggin that sucker in,fuel lines,pipes and get the sidemount put in,coolant lines/radiator and ya can get her fired up for the first time without the exhaust hookedup or the driveshaft yet.....by the way if anyone knows where to get a factory s13 cold pipe let me know so I can get mine driving.....well Imma head my *** to bed so goodnight for now peoples.......peace out,Levi

[xTearsFallForeverx]

gl with everything guys. I hope it fires up first time. its always nice to hear something you put so much time in fire up. even when i put my 2nd ka in my car.. i was so anxious to hear it run.

[luv2spedup]

enjoy ur new setup. i bet ur gonna love it

[MeanGreenS13]

we hit a roadblock so i dont know if it will be running soon or what. if anyone has spare transmission x- member bolts, PLEASE let me know ill pay top dollar to get them 1 day shipped

[sr20detmaybe]

i may be able to find some at a junkyard that has lots o' 240s.

[MeanGreenS13]

also can anyone tell us if the SR Xmember and the KA Xmember are exactly the same, i have some big alignment issues underneath the car where the crossmember lines up with the bolt holes, its about 1 inch too far fwd

[MeanGreenS13]

WE HAVE X MEMBER BOLTS!

[dsm007]

WE HAVE X MEMBER BOLTS!

Where from?.....oh yeah ill drop them off tomorrow after work

[sr20detmaybe]

also can anyone tell us if the SR Xmember and the KA Xmember are exactly the same, i have some big alignment issues underneath the car where the crossmember lines up with the bolt holes, its about 1 inch too far fwd

i read in the nivember issue of modified mag that the ka and sr manual transmission X members were the same. im gonna go try to find the magazine now to verify it. EDIT yeah the mag i have says the x member from either the s13 or s14 will work

[MeanGreenS13]

yeah we kind of had to force the x member to work so i dont know.

[sr20detmaybe]

hmm, well i was just going by what the mag said. i hope itll work 4 me BC i dont have a sr Xmember, just a 5 sp ka one.

[xTearsFallForeverx]

im pretty sure that the xmembers on the sr and ka are the same. they are the same transmission just different bell housings and a different 5th gear. they should be exactly the same. everyone i know used their ka xmember for their sr's

[nismotuner82]

hijacking phils post for a sec to put a pic up thanks phill:

[nismotuner82]

had to again sorry

[sr20detmaybe]

any more pics, for some reason, i really like the way it looks, it looks like a reg DD then u see the intercooler under there, mmmmm..

[nismotuner82]

Im sorry about being "Dense" but whats a DD?

[dsm007]

Im sorry about being "Dense" but whats a DD?

DD means daily driver......well could also mean bra size too lol.