KA24E Or KA24De

[LoserbabyS13]

I have serched for this and cant find what I am looking for. I am buying a high mileage s13 to re-build and turbo. I am wondering if I should re-build the motor in it (KA24E) or buy a cheap KA24DE and build that? I also would like to know if the MAF sensor from an s14 will work on an s13 with the KA24E and the KA24DE motors?

[TurboKA37]

both of those engines have been proven to hold boost pretty well. i like the DE a little bit more because its a more modern engine and theres also more aftermarket support for the DE. Im not sure on the other questions so i cant answer those

[Altiman94]

The sohc has lower compression than the dohc. I would probably rebuild what's in the car because it's already there and you won't have to mess with wiring harnesses and such if you were to do a dohc swap. The ka24e will hold fine to boost, and many, many members have turboed them successfully w/o any adverse effects.

[240marcuSX]

i agree with altiman, If you have the money id either A) turbo/rebuild the EB) keep the E stock, and completely rebuild a DE before you put it in and boost it.

[andrave]

I'm keeping my E stock and slowly rebuilding a DE for turbo use.and then I'm gonna keep the E around in case I blow the DE so I have a back up.

[90lkn4swp]

The sohc has lower compression than the dohc.

If im not mistaken i believe the E has a higher C/R mabye its just after you swap the pistons to the DEbut i think it was something like 10.5-11/1 although i maybe wrong.

[EricZ103]

90lkn4swp you have it backwards, e pistons in a de make a higher compression ratio. Altimaman was correct about stock cr's too.

[90lkn4swp]

Yeah if you swap late model 89 pistons to the DE you get 11.7/1

[90lkn4swp]

loserbaby im also gonna turbo a ka although i have just read about the de head fitting on the e block so im still not ready to start buying parts for a kit but mabye you should read up on some posts about this head swap looks good to me but then again i dont know what im doing

[90lkn4swp]

this is where i heard about the swap

http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....ber=1

[Altiman94]

I've seen that as well. I definitely would keep the E. Buy another one and rebuild that for turbo. It would make the swap so much easier. What does everyone have against the sohc?

[LoserbabyS13]

Here are pics of the s13 I bought. 89 XE.

http://community.webshots.com/...kQVLT

Thanks for all of the response's. I am still wondering if anyone knows if the s14 maf will work on the sohc s13 ka. Thanks in advanced.

[240_2NR]

i thought if u have a SOHC 240sx to swap it for a DOHC u need to change the power steering lines? my friend has a 89 240 and he is planning to build up a DOHC and then swap the SOHC but he wasnt sure if he should do it, the DOHC's has piston oil squirters and i think a better aftermarket support, feel free to correct me