Differences or similarities between L22 and KA24DE crankshats...

[Marquinho]

Hello,

I've been browsing this forum for a while now and I've seen a few mentions to the L22 crankshaft being similar to the KA24DE. My question is how similar are they - does anyone have measurements of main and rod journal diameters, timing gear, flywheel bolt pattern and spacing? Can it be properly machined to fit the KA24DE block?

I’ve bought a 95 SE a couple of months ago and I'm looking into building a strong NA KA24DE and I would really like to use the L22 crank since it appears to be strong, better balanced and counter weighted out of the box.

To give you an idea what I'm trying to do, I did something similar to my MR2 (see my home page: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/marcoy/ ). Of course, everyone and their mother screamed at the MR2 forum why not go turbo and be done with it; very simply – because I like NA engines and because I can. So, if anyone if contemplating similar advice, please save it - after all, this is the NA forum, isn't it?

Thank you for your assistance,Marco
Modified by Marquinho at 2:56 PM 7/15/2005

[InsanityInc]

The L22 has about a 6mm difference or so to the stroke, so you'd need different rods or some kind of weird piston.

[deviousKA]

Modified by deviousKA at 4:40 AM 9/17/2005