questions about motors for a swap

[wesae86240MK2]

so im lookin at buying a 1989 240 coupe and it has no motor the guy wants 500 bucks for it. The 89's came with the ca18de? right?? would i beable to put a KA in there and would the motor mounts line up? if you have any info and i mean any info or experience please let me know right away.

Thanks

[teddy]

Wow man. You've got some researching to do. Short answer: 89-90 240's came with ka24e's. 91-94's came with ka24de's. We're just talking s13's. So, the answer to your question is yes.

You may want to browse through this thread. It'll give you a nice bit of info about 240's. zerothread/183490

[wesae86240MK2]

alright man i appreciate that so the 89's came with the ka24e ok cool how much do you think i would beable to pic one of those motors up for???

[crash n burn]

dont bother..you can find a good price on an sr20det

if you have a little bit of extra money to spend on the motor..and yes, it'll be worth every penny

[BOOM_STICK]

unless super clean, good body, and want to do an entire engine swap, you might want to look around some more. i picked up my 240sx at a car auction for 500. few dents here and there, but had a good running ka24e. but dont know if you'll get as lucky as me.

[deCksy]

screw the single cam (ka24e) either go DOHC (KA24de) or sr20... and if you're hardcore get 2jz in there! i'll call you master!

price:ka24e: 100-200ka24de: 200-400sr20det: 2000-30002jz: sell your house

[wesae86240MK2]

i could easily pick up an SR for like 1000 dollars. The only thing with the SR is putting it in. me and a couple of my friends could do it but my friends arent very reliable and i dotn want to have to deal with them and i also dont want to put it into a shop because no matter where they always **** **** up if ya know what im sayin.

[wesae86240MK2]

the car is clean and it has no rust or anything just no motor or trans so i think to pick up the 89 coupe for 500 bucks is a good deal but i could probably talk him down to 200 cause he said he was flexible.

[wesae86240MK2]

Would the motor mounts line up for the ka24de in the 89 because i dont want to have to make motor mounts for that bull**** cause thats too much work and too much trouble