SOHC worth building?

[thephatone]

hey guys im new to the forum i just wanna say this forum is pretty dope compared to alot of forums i visit...

well the question i wanna ask is is the KA24E worth buildin and then boost? cheaper alternative to KA24DE i suppose and building that motor...i was thinking

-8:1 compression pistons (JE)-Crower Connecting Rods-Darton sleeves-Balanced crankshaft maybe knife edgedrebuilt head with porting matching and polishing using stock valves/retainers/but with semi aggressive cams and an adjustable rocker arm-Slightly ported intake manifold-760cc injectors on a fuel rail with a walbro fuel pump -high flow oil pump-t3(big) turbo tubular manifold 3 inching it all the way through and large front mount-Also new motor mounts, remapped ecu

thats what i want to do but question is does companies like crower/je etc.. produce parts for the SOHC and not too expensive?

Any feedback will be appreciated

[180fan]

You can check out http://www.courtesyparts.com for the NISMO race engine parts for the SOHC.

[Nismo_Freak]

8:1 is a bit too low IMO... 8.5 is still safe.

You don't really need to sleeve the block... it's a strong block.

[180fan]

look for the earlier SOHC pistons, their compression is 9.1

[jrc90240sx]

I built my KAe for boost. JE pistons, rods, mild head work, JWT cam, good head gasket, and thats about it. i am running 9:0 compresion, and i figure i should be able to run around 14psi pretty easy, daily drivin. i am not really looking for huge power though, only around 280-350 rwhp.

[thephatone]

where did you purchase all these parts? and how much did it run you?

[jrc90240sx]

Well i worked with the machine shop that i had build it (wouldnt do that again)

pistons where around 400rods ran about 700it was over a year ago so its hard for me to remember

your best option that wasnt really avalible to me when i did mine is http://www.realnissan.com

[thephatone]

man i can only imagine how much power your going to make... with a t3/t4 @ 14psi im asuming 300rwhp with massive torque from that 2.4L much props to you man thanks for the info also and if you can tell me what kind of problems you had with ur single overhead

[jrc90240sx]

Well i have had some build problems mainly. its a pretty long story and i would have most likely sold the car if i wasnt 8k+ into it. lets just say 1 year of down time, 5k+ spent, and the car is still being worked on. but i should have it up and running in a week or 2, and hopfully will be running for a long time after.

lets just say that for the money i have spent, if i could go back one year i would have installed an SR20det. When i started the rebuild i thought, everyones going SR, lets try something else, so i rebuilt. after riding in 2 difrent 240s with SR, i was kicking myself when i got out, because i dont have the money to be as fast as them for another year. maybe if stuff would have happened like i planed i might think difrently.

Joe

[jrc90240sx]

Yeah and thats the plan, run 1bar for daily. with what i have done i should be around 300 rwhp. the torque should just about match the HP maybe a little higher because of all the head work and cam i have. should be nice, going to get a pull when i finaly have everything working good maybe next month, will post the it after its done.

[thephatone]

alot of KA turboed 240sx pulls on sr20dets mainly because of torque, damn 1 year of downtime sorry to hear that man, i have a shop that i can goto they do good work, built my friends 10 sec civic, but yeah man best of luck to ya i dont wanna go sr20det because 1.205hp stock might seem impressive but so much you have to do to make it 300rwhp cams, head work, ecu, injectors etc...if i have a 300rwhp ka24e you have mad bragging rights dont you think?

[jrc90240sx]

Yeah i supose I would have bragging rights, but for the money i have spent i could have had an SR, running 220 or so rwhp, coilovers, sway bars, strut tower braces, new bushings. even posable a short shifter, LSD, and camber plates.