light modification help

[GarageGuy]

Hi there everyone, ive had my truck for a few years now and just now had the space and time to freshen it up. It was really tired lol. Pulled the motor last weekend and tore it down. hot tanked the non-aluminum parts this weekend and got the block and main caps saturated in atf and wrapped up for preservation till i can order parts. Thats where i need some assistance, im unfamilar with shopping for parts in a build this in depth. Ive tried and tried to find a base hp mark for the ka24e and ive found somethin like 140-150. Is that in the ballpark?? Anyway, i want to make around 275 -300 hp with it in the end. How hard will that be? I plan on boosting it somewhere between 7-10 psi eventually.

Im thinking of going with the following:
wiseco pistons with like 8.5:1 or 9:1 compression
H-beam forged con rods
Internal balanced crank

For the block im not planning a whole lot of work.
Just having a line bore done and cylinders bored .010 over

What else can you guys recommend/change in what i have planned out? Like i said im new to these four cylinders and i dont know the capabilities/restrictions.

Appreciate your time guys. Once i figure out how to load pics ill get them up.

[dvdswan]

base line truck KA24E is 134 HP, 240SX is 140 HP. truck has the 8.5:1 pistons, 240 has 9.1:1 pistons. cams are slightly different as well as the intakes. KA-T.org will have tons of info for boosting. there are tons of parts for this engine because of the 240 but they are pricey too.

[GarageGuy]

Yea i started noticing how well the performance companies have marked up their con rods in order to order to balance only selling four. But i will definitely look into that site. Thanks

[GarageGuy]

Heres some photos of pulling the motor and stuff. Dont have any photos of the block after the hot tank though, prepped it and preserved it before i remembered to take pics.







Heres a photo of the engine without the ac stuff. Lots of room lol.

















After being hot tanked and covered in oil and then wrapped up.