which engie would u prefer if.....

[tupac03602]

sup i got a 1990 240sx and i have the ka24e in it. i have been told (on this forum) and proven that i can add different bolt ons like turbo and such but i was wondering, if u had a 1989-1990 240sx with the ka24e in it, and u wanted to stick to ka motors, would u stay with the ka24e or go to a ka24de and y?which engine would u prefer if u had a 1989-1990 240sx

[tupac03602]

one more thing actually.... i have read about a ka24de-t and i have searched about it and really havent found any difference between this and a ka24de. is this tha same engine? if not what is the difference between the ka24de and the ka24de-t??

[Spidey]

The KA24de and the KA24DE-T are the same motor the T= TurboThe KA24DE-T is the KA24DE-T turbo charged

[drifter]

From what I've gathered at this board, the KA24E is good if you're going NA.....KA24DE is good for boost!

[tupac03602]

o ok that makes perfect sense now that i think about it cool thx alot

[tupac03602]

so it might be worth the little bit of money and time and switch to the ka24de? well dont answer this question yet because im just goin to see what other people say thx tho

[bruinbear714]

Well, of course everyone's going to pick the DE because it has more horses stock for stock.

The question should have been: Should I spend money on swaping out my E for the DE, or spend it on modding the E?

[tupac03602]

ok yea u r true, i shouldve rephrased my question. im still learning as u guys can tell. i have never even been to a forum board until this one. so ill rephrase my question to just what bruinbear said, "should i spend my monry swaping out my e for the de then tuning it or should i just tune my e?"

[aleph1]

Its hard to find parts for a SOHC KA turbo setup. Mainly the manifold, only one company I know has a kit for the KA24E. I would switch to the DOHC setup regardless of stock HP numbers, its just a better engine IMHO. It wouldnt be that expensive, this guy in the Buy/Sell section is selling his tweaked KA24DE with 30K miles for 900 obo...

[Turbo 510]

The KA24DE is a much better engine. It offers updated technology(SOHC vs. DOHC) and has a potential for more power than the E. If you are going to turbo it, there are some cool parts avaialble or you can fab your own.

[jrc90240sx]

I would stay with the E, its about as complicated as swaping to a SR or CA engine, to swap to the DE. Its ture that there are less parts for the SOHC. As for the DE being more advanced just because of the DOHC, maybe a little. both engines arent really technology loaded engines, and both have advantiges and disadvantiges. the bigest advantage of the DE over the E is aftermaket. as for one making more HP then the other when moded, they should both be about as close as they are now,(give or take 15 hp) so there really isnt much of a preformance difrence.

that 900+ spent swaping to a DE, could be spent on parts for your E. They only reson i would swap is if my engine died, wait i take that back, my engine did die, and i just rebuilt the engine with forged bottom end. If your not comfortable building a turbo setup for your car, then it might be better for you to swap to an SR then DE if you want go turbo.

[syka24et]

I agree with jrc90240sx the ka24de makes 15 more hp with higher compression and one more cam you could tune 4 more psi of booost and make that back.

[tupac03602]

ha ha well i c u 2 guys again. well like i said in the other one i am gonna stick to my e and eventually put a turbo on it after i research and study and so on about "the ka24e and turbo". uh i do have one last question: does any one have any good or useful web pages that i should visit that might be able to help me a little bit??? thx alot u 2 again!!!!

[ADAMHU]

the de is heavier and more complex as well

so it might be worth the little bit of money and time and switch to the ka24de? well dont answer this question yet because im just goin to see what other people say thx tho

[ADAMHU]

have a look at my website i turboed a ka24e motor.

adam

http://www.turbo240sx.ca

[tupac03602]

thats another good point that i didnt think of.

[ADAMHU]

i own a ka24e...and have worked on ka24de's...and the sohc motor is far nicer and simpler to work on....plus they are cheap.....as far as power potential..yes the dohc is slightly higher...how much? maybe 3-5% more power? in that range i would guess...but it still weighs more..

[1LoSX]

if you already have the SOHC keep it unless your gettin a deal for the ka24de - other than that keep the engine - there lighter and have alot of potential . unless if your planning of pushing out 500 to 600 HP then id go de but id stick with the ka24e