just joined!!!!!!!

[pakidrifter]

hi every one! very excited to join the club. i might have joined this club last summer but my 240 got stolen in front of my house. and worst there is a sheriff station in front of my house and still my car got stolen. but 2 days ago i got a call from them and they told me that they found my car!!! i am very happy about that. well now i have the car. the headgasket is busted and if i am right the pistons are bend. also the transmission grinds in 3 and 4 gear. the clutch is just ok. as this is not my every day car so i just want to fix it enough to drive for fun, drifting and cannyon driving. i dont want to put in a SR becuz i am limited on budget and in the later run turbo will cost me more money. so i think i will stick with NA. its a 1990 240sx. so i have a ka24e. i think i have three options. but i cant decide which one is the best. options are:

1. buy another ka24e and swap it in.2. rebuild the same motor with high compression pistons and all the other good stuff. also i need more info how to make more compression out of it. 3. or swap in a ka24de in it. but then i have to think about changing the ecu and other stuff. or is it pretty simple. i am not good with engines. so i have to do that at a shop. so i dont want big bills. but plz tell me what has to be done for that.

also the car is in bad shape. so i have to clean and take care of the cosmetics. i dont know how much every thing will cost me. but if some body can give ma a rough estmate about how much i need to spend on the engine to make it run good. again very excited to be here. thankyou in advance for reading the thread and replying.

peaceout.

[SoCalSilvia]

haha sweet... now we are up to 2 paki 240 owners. whatup bro?

[pakidrifter]

nice to know that. i thought i was the only one in this business. i am in lomita, california. not far from where u are. so what do u drive dude. what mods do u have in ur car?

peace out.

[SoCalSilvia]

I've got an S14 Zenki. basic mods: injen intake, greddy trust exhaust, coilovers, silvia grill. Not sure where Lomita is at. Where is that from Diamond Bar?

[Veriest1]

New KA24E: This is the easiest option. You can always upgrade it later if you want.

Rebuild your E: The search button will be your frond here. High compression will be a little hard to come by. The only people I know of that have it did DE head swaps (only one or two that I know of are running at the moment). The sucessful swap which I'm sure of is in a Datsun body. DeviousKA did some machine shop tricks with the pistons out a Dodge minivan to get more compression. The performance parts for this motor are a little harder to come by but they're out there. On the other hand a regular rebuild is as easy as any other engine.

Swap KA24DE: I think this is what I'm going to do. However, I'm going to build it outside of the car first. I have a KA24E as well and the head swap looks to be a real hasssle. The same compression can be achieved by using the E pistons in the DE motor since the two parts that create the compression are the DE head and the relativly flat topped E pistons put together. For this you would need to find out whether your pistons are any good. They very well may just need new rings. Of course E pistons are pretty cheap anyway so no big deal if yours are shot. Performance parts for this engine are a little easier to come by. Also note that the DE motor has oil squirters under the pistons for cooling.Here is a thread about dropping the DE in. http://nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=99054

Edit: Welcom to Nico!

[pakidrifter]

thnx for the reply. i think i will try to do the DE swap. as there are a lot in junkyards. any other suggestions.

[Veriest1]

Just remember to research everything before you begin.

[seishidrft]

you live in diamoind bar socalsilvia? i live in corona only about like 25 min away. im always looking for people to go out with and play with our cars. is there any good drift spots out there? we should meet up

and yea the too paki drifters, where is lomita? i hate drifting alone, i get so lonely.

[pakidrifter]

get a girl if you get lonely. no i am just kidding. thats a great idea to meet up and talk about cars. but my car is barely running on busted head gasket. so until i get something done about my motor. i live in lomita next to torrance.

peace out.