nissan hardbody KA24E potential?

[Dattebayo]

I have. Carbureted!

I think it was done by NA sport or something... But TBH it was probably a combination of DOHC and SOHC parts.

[breadbox]

What it just carb'd or turbo carb?

[Dattebayo]

Just carbed. It had an idle of like 2500 tho.

[breadbox]

lol, loud comes to mind.

[Dattebayo]

It was the kind of thing where it used a ton of fuel all at once and spat fire everywhere.

I actually think it was under 1000, but not by much. I haven't seen too many 1K SRs or DOHC KAs, either. SO dude?

[breadbox]

every 4banger over 1000 I have seen are boosting to the limit of the block to get there.

[Dattebayo]

I wouldn't try. I personally think 600 on a 4 banger is my limit. I have been in 500hp ones, and they seemed hard to control and finicky.

I wouldn't mind a 1KHP inline 6 or V8, tho.

[breadbox]

Its funny how I don't really care about HP numbers I like motors that rev high as hell. Like the Spoon B16 that revs to 11k. But Tsuchiya had it just cruising round the track at 9000-9500 through straights. which impresses me more than a 400hp car doing the same.

[seang]

You are supposed to retorque the head on every major tune-up when the wires and rotor button get replaced.

I was wondering about this ^

Dattebayo, I read that same post a few weeks ago when I was trolling random forums, and I was like WTF!?!?! I know my truck motor has never broken down; I don't know what the f*** that guy is talking about. What a f***ing loser. Does the KA-E really have M8 head bolts? And the piston oil cooling thing isn't the most significant thing in the world, definitey not the deal breaker he makes it sound like.

[Dattebayo]

I like to blip the throttle and feel the chassis roll a little.

[Dattebayo]

Well, when I get my D21, I plan on swapping over to another motor eventually, I just don't know what yet. Probably an RB20 or 25.

[breadbox]

mmmm torque.

And seang, that is something I read about for z24 motors and most z24 things seem to be ka24e things in some respect so I figure that you should retorque all heads periodically if you wan the HG to last.

[breadbox]

turbo KA24e on 15pounds.

[ka24hardbody]

breadbox....thats the most amazing thing ive heard all day.Turbo....ka24e. mmmmm. Fk all the haters that hate on the sohc. Im broke and thats all i can afford lol. i flip burgaz for a livin!

[numbnuts240]

wtf have you been pondering if that thought never crossed your mind? when i had my piggy hatches, the only other motor i would have ran would have been a ca.

[breadbox]

SOHC Turbo is "cheap" and easy. The hard part i guess getting a nice manifold and not paying over $300 for it.

[ka24hardbody]

will the manifold off of a sohc 240 fit in the hardbody or will the ecu be confused?

[numbnuts240]

the manifold is just a piece of metal. there's nothing electrical involved to confuse the ecu. just visit the ka-t subforum (you can find it to the right of your screen) and do lots of reading.

[breadbox]

The heads are the same, the valve covers aren't and there are differences in the bottom end.

But you already having a ka24 and it just need turboing. Google nis720this is his truck, a 720 with a KA swap then turbo'd.http://www.youtube.com/user/ni...TXYMw

[seang]

You can make 300hp turbo'd with the truck manifold, it is a torquer for sure.

The thing that would be an issue (I think) swapping to a 240 manifold would be the MAF. I don't know if the stock ECU will read the 240 MAF sensor. I know this swap has been done, but that's about all I know other than people also swap ECU's to either a ka24e 240sx or a ka24e (U12) Stanza model.

[ka24hardbody]

hmm. so pretty easy little swap it sounds like.

[Dattebayo]

I would use a 240 KA, personally, and swap over the intake manifold and stuff. That would be the best way to get a funner truck.

[ka24hardbody]

I thought about it but i just rebuilt my truck motor about 20k ago so i dont wanna waist this perfectly good motor ya know. or else i probably would have already.

[seang]

Read the stickies in the KA-T section if you haven't already.