weird but i just want to know?

[DrifterBoy240]

does any know if they imported the 240sx to south america by any chance? preferably into the brazil area? and i would like to know if it was imported if it came with a KA. i found out some info from my autoshop teacher that might be valuable to some people's knoledge for building a KA N/A.

[ShionS14]

i never saw any when i was in argentina but that doesnt mean that they didnt sell them there. so what exactly is this knowledge your shop teacher has?

[SonyPete]

Whats with this cryptic message, so what if they didn't even sell them in South America or not, let your brothers know what the valuable information is *smacks forhead*

[DrifterBoy240]

well i guess 30 yrs ago in brazil the president or leader down there decided to run ethanol gas becuase it is a more cleaner burning gas and for a N/A engine to run on ethanol which if you know what ethanol is, it has a higher flash point than our gas, he said the octane rating is over 100 at the pump, to run ethanol on a car you must have pretty much a race engine and if you want to go N/A then you can try to find a KA in brazil and take the engine or use it's internals to build up a KA for a nice track car or fast street car. opps alomost forgot to run ethanol fuel you have to have high compression on a N/A engine so you could possibly find 15 to 1 compression pistons or higher and give or take a point or two. so if you dont want to spend the *** loads of cash on "aftermarket" or custom pistons you can try to find a KA in brazil area and have a cheaper and probably more performance. i guess it's you get more bang for the buck. so for those who are looking at building up an N/A engine and dont want to spend the wads of cash try find a place where you know they run ethanol fuel only and you can pretty much find your self a factory built race engine.

[Chezedik]

Why would they increase compression for a different continent? It would just be an extra expense.

[DrifterBoy240]

well yes it would be an extra expense but you have to have high comression for an ethanol engine to run right becuase the flash point is so high, it is higher than diesel. so you have to have a higher compression for the car to run right.

[Chezedik]

No, what I mean is that Manufacturers look for the cheapest way to produce the most sellable product. Changing pistons (and cams would need to be changed as well) would not be feasible, since it would add to the overall production costs with no effective gain for Nissan. Afterall, in S. America they would be competing with Toyota K-cars and V-dubs. Not exactly high performance. I do however, see what you mean, and if it were the case, it would be a great way to get factory performance parts, since you would only need part numbers.

[SonyPete]

Well Chezedik are point is only valid if they chose to not sell the 240sx in that country. If they did then they would to have HAD to run higher compression. Guess this all fall on whther or not they sold this car there.

And the whole changing cams and pistons would not be feasible costs wise for a car company hahah well most cars form japan have higher compression pistons and bigger cams then the US counterparts. Honda-Acura, Suburu, Mitsubishi, etc etc they all have cars running bigger power numbers than over here becuase of hjigher performance parts. Your right it would be more costly but somehow they do it anyways.

[Chezedik]

They would not have HAD to change compression, you just would have wasted power, it would just have been nice. We run ethanol enriched fuel here and do so with the same compression. All the way to E*85. They are running some different gear in JDM circles, but that is there home market where 100 octane is prevelant. And the USDM market is big enough to justify meeting our emissions standards. How many would you sell in S. America? But way to call me out...

[DrifterBoy240]

so im taking it that every one understands my point of view now. but still i wonder if they did sell the 240sx with a KA in it. im probably as soubt as you all are about them selling the 240sx there becuase i highly doubt they did becuse know one ould know except the poeple of s. america who had acme over here and could tell us if they did. but even then how would they knoe what we are talking about to them if they dont know what car is what.