rebuilding my engine

[180sx]

ok i am thinking i got a ka24e here with cracked block and blown head gasket the heaAD IS STILL GOOD. so i am thinking about picking up a used block new head gasket and using my old head. The question is can i use a block from a nissan truck since they use ka24e also and is there anything else i will need to get my idea acomplished.??

[Scott McLellan]

I think, am not sure, but think that the truck has lower compression pistons and so unless you swapped all the bottom end stuff also, you would have a different compression ratio.

Somebody correct this if it is wrong.

[blue_hauder]

How was your timing chain cover. I went throught this with my old engine. The car overheated one day when I was driving it and I found antifreeze in the oil. I thought that maybe the head gasket went out so ended up taking the cylinder head off and replacing the head gasket and putting it all together to find out that I didn't fix anything, same problem. Well after that I thought that the block was cracked and bought a new engine for it. Well when the old one was out I took the timing chain cover off and discovered the chain ate throught the cover.

[ShadowKnight006]

this sounds about like what could be wrong with my engine, any suggestions on how to fix it?

[blue_hauder]

Well you could replace the timing chain cover and all of the tensioners. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to change the chain while you have all of that stuff open. I just bought a different engine and put it in their, runs better than ever.

[ShadowKnight006]

i took a look inside my engine and I think I may replace it anyway. There was rust on so much stuff. I found one locally that might have the timing chain problem too but if I hear back from the guy I might go look at it anyway, it has less miles than mine.

[I am Technoman]

Use a 240sx block.