What is needed for a E to DE swap?

[sykane]

I am currently looking for a 240 and found 3(!) in my area that match what i want(a 5 speed).The only problem is all 3 are either 89 or 90's.What i wanna kno is how hard is it to swap a DE in? IS there anything else needed other than the engine?Will the trans work fine? Also i hear that that using the pistons from a SOHC engine are higher compression than the ones in the DE so u can use them in it. Is this true and would it be smart for me to do once i swap out the SOHC for the DE?

[SeVa-S13]

What's wrong with the SOHC? There's plenty of aftermarket out there for it, has a better low end, and that miniimal gain from the DOHC is hardly worth the trouble of a whole swap if the engine's fine.

[Silvia007]

Wiring harness and gauge cluster... from what I understand, the SOHC and the DOHC uses different tach signals.

[black s13]

you need the engine, tach, engine wiring harness, ECU, coil and all the power steering stuff (lines, resevoir)

[Altiman94]

leave the sohc. Instead of spending money to swap the dohc, piece together a turbo kit

[wangless]

not to threadjack... now what would be better... turbo ka24e, or turbo ka24de ??

[i2ice4m3]

lol you hella threadjacked

[wangless]

sorry, first thing that came to my head

you guys dont have to answer... ill just stay in my corner, alone...