CRyan wrote:OK, I'll lay it out like this. We shall start from the lowest on the totem pole.
KA24DE. Just another way to spell sh*t without having to put in the censor.
KA24DE-T. OK, cool idea. But lets face it, at least 80% of NICO aren't wanting to drop gobs of money into making an engine that was orignially built to pull stuff, a turbo-charged machine. You tell me that a KA will last longer on 8psi COMPLETELY STOCK than the SR20DET on 8 PSI. Good luck with coming up with information to back your underpowered "bigger" engine.
I will put the SR20DET right here in the middle. It IS a great platform engine, as I have already stated. With a bottom end able to handle some kind of power, it only takes a little tuning and a few bolt on's and you've got yourself a 300 HP engine. Its drop in affair, and rather simple wiring, makes this any newly acquainted 240 owner's dream. Not to mention the support from NICO, and aftermarket support that is sought after as if it were a "B" series Honda engine.
Here you go, WD. The GM 350/350 crate engine SOUNDS fantastic! As WD has stated, it allows you to have power that turbo-charged engines will only find at a certain RPM. Tuning carborated engines can be relatively simple, but you lose a huge factor that the other t3 engines have - gas mileage. Who, in this economy, wants to fill up at every other gas station? BUT. Big but. If you do not have the required skills, you will find yourself slowly digging a hole. I'm all for DYI's, and though I may have the skills available, I wouldn't want to take the risk. Unless I knew the vehicle was track-only.
I think I covered the engine's discussed. Hope it helps the OP make his mind up, one day.
I'm done with all this...most of the stuff you say is incorrect and flawed do to your SR favoritism. Don't post anymore crap in this forum, I could rip apart all of your statements, but it's boring and I'm tired of doing it. If you actually argued something with factual info and could debate open minded I'd have no issue, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit here and watch a couple of SR guys come in here and throw around a bunch of words that aren't even close to right.
BTW smart guy the mid 90's Z28 with the 5.7 would get 28mpg because the immense torque available allowed for the trans to be geared very low, so it could lope along the freeway at 70mph at only 1900 rpm. Educate yourself on torque and gearing multiplication and then read about how over drive works...then come back and I'll give you a list of other stuff you need to know JUST to bring you up to speed
People that bring mpg ratings into the equation when referencing power can drink my ball sweat. Everything is relative to vehicle weight, gearing and throttle application. I'd go further but it would be pointless...how many MPG does the LS7 get?
