KA24DE swap (I searched!)

Information on the naturally-aspirated KA24E and KA24DE engines.
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red.line
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Car: 1990 240SX

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I have a '90 240 with the single slammer in it sitting at 314,xxx kms and there's a twin-cam I can pick up for relatively cheap with 200,xxx kms.The guy selling it swapped it out for an SR20 so what I'm wondering is, what could be missing off the engine (that I need) that would have been needed for the SR swap?He doesn't really know what might be missing, so that's why I'm asking you guys.

Neither of our cars have A/C so that's not an issue.He has an ECU for me and I know for my car I'd need the PS lines and reservoir, accelerator cable, coil assembly and MAF, wiring harness (he cut it) as well as a DOHC tach.

So out of everything that I need to go from SOHC to DOHC, what parts would he have taken to go from KA to SR?

Also, slightly off topic, how difficult would this swap be for someone that hasn't really worked on their car before?I haven't exactly had the tools/space to work on it before so I've always taken it to a shop, and this is my first crack at getting some real hands-on experience.I do have a buddy who can help and he has plenty of tools, so how difficult should I expect this to be?

Thanks in advance everyone.


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Crazyirish
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Did you check these out?http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id ... ?id=272023

As for the difficulty level, well, that depends on you. Are you the kinda guy that friends/coworkers go to when stuff is broken? Then it shouldn't be that big of a deal (given proper time/space/equipment) Good luck!

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Car: 1990 240SX

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I already knew about the tach and yeah I've gone over the E to DE swap thread a number of times, hence my list of what I need in my first post.

But what parts do you need from the KA24DE to complete the SR20 swap?That way I know what parts I need to get that might be missing to get the engine working in my car.

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Well the guy went and checked out his engine, guess it's complete sans harness.Thanks anyways!


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