(USDM)silvia known as the 240sx: (s13) 89-90 KA24e"SOHC" hydraulic lifter valve train, (S13) 91-94 KA24de"DOHC" with bucket style hydralic valve train system from the CA16/18DE/T, (S14) 95-98 KA24de........
(JDM-EDM)silvia: (s13) 89-90 CA18det "DOHC" bucket styl hydraulic assembly valve train, (s13) mid90-94 SR20det "DOHC" rocker assembly valve train, (S14)95-98 SR20det "cvte technology"

KA24e NA trim 145CHP
KA24de NA trim 155CHP
CA18det FI trim 195CHP
(S13)SR20det FI trim 205CHP
(S14)SR20det with cvte FI trim 225CHP
(s15)SR20det with cvte FI trim 252CHP

Hopefully that clarify's some misconstrude rumors... If my info is wrong please correct me........

 

for those of you who are like what the hell does all that mean.

CHM is crank horse power. by the way the us saw the first two of those engines only.

 

well i blew my KAe and now im putting in a KAde untill i get enough money to get my SR becuase i couldnt find a tranny for my CA18det

****ing pissed

 

TMI homie, it was only about the KA's he was asking... LOL

 

Sorry guys I saw in the thread that the noobs were talking about turbo's....... I was just tryin' to reinforce that all turbo charged Silvia's are only in Japan......Not the U.S..........People may become confused......Sorry I think too much when I am loaded..........

 

Yo,
I have a 89 hatch.
I've been thinkin lately to swap out my sohc for a '95 or so ka24de. Would this be worth the money??
I don't have the dough for an sr($4000)
So maybe the '95 swap would be affordable.
Would anyone know where to get this swap done (i.e. shops) Am I right that this swap should cost bout a $1000 or so??
Thanks

 

You garage for under 400 bucks, lol.

 

yeap, do it yourself - that's about how much we spent ($400) including the KA24DE engine

 

DynoGarage in SanFrancisco CA can do a KA swap for a good price. If you need an engine, wiring harness, and ecu, nissan only wreckers in Ranco Cordova CA can get you an engine for a pretty good price, there website is www.ninfiniti.com .
If you want to go really cheap with your swap you can reuse your sohc ecu and wiring harness. If you install the KA sohc distributor onto the KA24de "only for 91-94model engines". You can't do it on 95-98 because there are additional sensors installed for OBD2 engines.

 

I totally would do the swap in my own garage if i had one and if I actually had some mechanical skills...damn.
Thanks though.
I guess I'll call dyno garage some time.
Thanks for all the info.

 

i was going to get a ca but couldnt find the tranny anywhere and needed my car to ride. Happens that one of my guys in my group is a nissan freak like me and he had a 93 Ka24de for my 89fastback the swap took 4 hours and started on the first crank. I wanted the CA badly but after driving the car, I will now rebuild and boost the KA ( has and iron block just like the CA)

 

How reliable would you say an S13 would be in terms of use as a daily driver. I'm still a student right now, I'm considering getting my own car for use as a daily driver for school and work for a few years. I have a good understanding of car mechanics, but I wouldn't go so far as to perform anything more than basic maintenance on my own car. If I bought a relatively well maintained 89' 240, could I expect the car to last a few years without any wallet killing repair bills? Being a student I wouldn't have much dough for anything except general meintenance, and maybe the occational part that might need to be replaced...

 

hey yea man
if u drive daily change all fluids and other things, it will be good. When i bought my 89 it had 182,XXX on it when it blew it had 202,xxx miles on it and i drifted it hard man. I just changed teh oil like every 2 weeks. and just think if that was a daily driver i would still have the motor

i just put a KA in my car so ill be good for a while. untill i rebuild it

 

Back to S13 and S14's, either car can be made to go faster and handle better. I love the way the 97 and 98 S14's look. And I'd imagine they would be a bit more reliable since technology put in cars always improves over time. I don't know the details on Nissan's goals developing the S14 though. The only thing I've ever heard people honestly wish for in the 240SX is more horsepower out of the factory. This leaves it up to us it we really want it badly. I was wondering, if you put the best headers, exhaust and intake money could buy on an S14, how much of a power gain can you achieve. I mean without turboing anything or replacing any internal engine parts.)

 

about the same as if you put the best headers, exhaust, and intake money could buy on any other car powered by the KA24DE... you're not gaining anything. You're just freeing up what's there and getting the engine ready for higher numbers when you do serious engine work. I/H/E alone on a stock engine isn't really a power "adder".

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