hey....im new to this forum, but i own an 85 rx-7 right now, but i just blew the motor in that and am currently driving around on one rotor. talk about no fun, but anyways im gonna get a motor this weekend and put it in and the car is going up for sale as soon as shes going. but to the topic, i was wondering what 240's were all about. what are the good models, do they all have lsd? what ones have more power options? what are some common problems to look for when looking at these cars. are there any things that really go wrong with these cars? i have heard they are pretty indestrucable which is a total plus. but just give me some basic info on the cars, and hopfully i can have one in the next couple of months. oh yeah if anyone wants my rx-7, its getting a new motor with 70,000 on it, its in imaculate condition, its got 15x7's, everything is pretty much perfect on it, there are some inprefections but not many. its also has a racing beat exhaust, which if anyone is firmiliar with that rotary world is the top of the line. they are one of the only manufacturers that make and exhaust system that can hold up to a rotories exhaust.
thanks,kyle
what are these cars all about?
This is an innapropriate post. Use the search function, use google, if you want to sell something put it in the buy/sell/trade section, go to http://www.google.com and search for everything you can think of. You are asking for pages upon pages of information which is already published hundreds of times over all over the boards and in the stickies. Please, use the search button, it's in the top right corner and it's red.
kjfale if u want info on 240sx's well in a way uve come 2 the right place but on the other hand its already been discussed. well from what i know about 240sxs , they have a truck engine 2.4 liters 140 horses on 89-90 models and 155 horses on every model 91 or newer. its a front engine rear wheel drive configuration and the cars are pretty reliable. as far as my knowledge goes , the 240sx has a tendency to overheat due to cheap thermostats and is prone to have oil leaks however these are caused by minor things and are both extremely cheap and easy to fix. you are welcome
Do research, you'll find the correct info. In all my time on this board I've never heard of the KA being "prone to overheating due to cheap thermostats" or being "prone to oil leaks" more than any other car. Unless you SEARCH you'll get innaccurate information from other newbies. Read the stickies, search http://www.google.com , etc..........
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trpower7...the oil pan gasket seems to be prone to wearing out around 80k-115k from the S14 cars ive heard of, my car is awaiting a new one and Ben (95silviaSE) had to do it. its a pain bcuz u have to either drop the front suspension or pull the motor to get to it. dunno if its the same with S13s....
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trpower7...the oil pan gasket seems to be prone to wearing out around 80k-115k from the S14 cars ive heard of, my car is awaiting a new one and Ben (95silviaSE) had to do it. its a pain bcuz u have to either drop the front suspension or pull the motor to get to it. dunno if its the same with S13s....
-Dan
The S13 oil pan gasket is RTV sealant. Oil pan gaskets on alot of cars start to give out around that point, and it's really not TOO big of a deal if you support the engine with a jack and wood blocks and drop the front suspension, if you take out the 4 main bolts it'll give you enough room to jimmy out the oil pan. My point is that the info he needs is readily available and should be gotten comprehensively instead of a paragraph some newb decided to write.
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trpower7 wrote:The S13 oil pan gasket is RTV sealant. Oil pan gaskets on alot of cars start to give out around that point, and it's really not TOO big of a deal if you support the engine with a jack and wood blocks and drop the front suspension, if you take out the 4 main bolts it'll give you enough room to jimmy out the oil pan. My point is that the info he needs is readily available and should be gotten comprehensively instead of a paragraph some newb decided to write.
trpower7,
Come on man. Why so ornery today? Is the girlfriend spending all your money and pissing in your Cheerios again? Seriously, I agree that kjfale could glean much good information by searching, but you don't have to take out your frustrations on him. Calm down, brutha!
Have a beer. :bearchug It makes everything better...
in the end, you'll forget about the noobie :pfaceToo many posts in technical are just asking for general info. If I went to the trouble to search I expect other people to as well. We shouldn't have to take turns writing a general writeup for every new person on here. Not pissy, just going on a week-ish rant to hopefully glean a little bit of this junk out of here. I've had posts like this flat out deleted in other forums, better be glad no-one gives me the moderator-whipping-stick:
And on that note, I think I will go have a few :beer
And on that note, I think I will go have a few :beer
trpower7 umm i guess i might be wrong but im about 90% sure that i am not. i do research on every car extensively before i think about buying it and i havnt seen anything about the oil leaks or overheating on this site but i have found it on many other websites written by owners of 240sx that run on the stock ka with nothing upgraded. oil leaks are prone on most cars so it really isnt that big of a deap but overheating is extremely common on most 4 cylinder engines made by nissan.
Well this and FA are the two biggest Nissan owner sites around, and if you do a search for "overheating" you'll find very little that isn't related to normal maintenance issues, on either site. There is absolutely no design flaw in the KA's cooling system, not only that but it's been proved to more than suffice for a turbo-charged KA. The issues you have seen are likely the same thing that happens to most people, their cars die because of lack of maintenance to the cooling and oiling systems. There is NOTHING about the stock KA, or any other Nissan 4-cylinder for that matter's cooling system that would cause it to malfunction out of normal maintenance specs. I would like links, tech updates, factory recalls, factory service bulletins, personal testimonies, etc, that support any claim of overheating when the car is within normal operating speicifications and scheduled maintenance has been performed. Powerplants prone to overheating even if normal maintenance is performed are several Toyota inline-6 (7M-GTE), some older Z engines, all Mazda rotaries, the turbo-charged Ford thunderbirds, some IROC camaros, etc. The KA24 is one of Nissan's most touted powerplants, used in all 240SX, Stanzas, Altimas, Hardbody Pickups, and even the early Xterra. Now, it's time for another beer........