im thinking of getting a 240sx from my friend for 1500 and painting it....its an SE and im not sure what kind of engine swap i should do...ill have it done from my local mechanics for a good deal so dont put in the cost of labor...i want a car thats goin to run at the slowest high 14's and looks good after buying and painting the car i should have about 5 grand toward the engine and other internal parts of the car!! Any suggestions? Thanx

Well what year is it, how's the chassis, what kind of engine does it have right now and how many miles, hows the suspension, etc, etc.

C'mon man your new but give more informatyion and try a little more.

well the chasis is good im not sure how many miles on the engine...its a 95 SE with the stock engine...not sure what that is...SR somethin i think.....everything is good on the car it just needs an engine swap so it will be faster...i just need to know which kind of swap i should do....ive got about 4 grand after everything else is done to the car

Well most people upgrade to the SR so your already in a pretty good situation. As far as making it faster, why not worry about controlling how fast it is right now. Suspension and that stuff. What do you want it for daily driver, drag, drift, auto-x?

i havent seen much auto-x lol i thoguth it was something need for speed made up to fill space idk tho. i think its lame btw

well since u think it has the stock motor it probably has the ka, cause i couldnt see anyone selling a 95 240 with an sr swap for 1500 to start with. so i mean assuming you have the ka i would turbo the thing honestly. and put an exhaust on it. but depending on how much you have left, and who you know and what kind of deals you can get, look at the suspension. hope that helps anyway.

#1. Learn something about 240s
#2. Buy the car
#3. Don't paint it unless you get a high end paint job and you won't drift

(By high end, I don't mean glitters and air brush crap, I mean well done.)

1500 for SR? no way. any ways are u just going to drag race or do some other stuff too? jsut wondering

yea buddy if you already had the SR in it you would be running in the high 14's or better. and there is the option of turboing the KA (for the noob that is the stock engine that is in the car ur going to buy)

oh and try reading the FAQ and researching some

ya man go to heavythrottle.com there you'll learn lots about the SR20. If there is alot of miles on the stock ka just slapping on a turbo probally isnt the best idea. Rebuilding or buying a built block and head is the way to go if you want the kat (kick ass torque) lol..

no need to rebuild the KA before boost that engine is a hoss it can handle boost no prob

that's kind of hard to believe... a 95 for 1500? Even if you were simply looking for a "means of transportation"... that'll be really cheap. I'd just buy it anyway...

not to burst your bubble but you could be buying a pretty beat up car... but if it ain't... good deal.. you could probably sell it again for a much higher price... haha..

Never heard of Autocross? lol LAME......

One guy that goes on the forums (KA-T) sometimes and also lives about an hour away from where I do does a lot of auto-x. He's pretty damn good too. I wanna go see him run a few times. He's running 12psi making about 298whp on a stock block KA24DE.

you must be talkin about orion, nissanfanatic. anyways for him i would not recommend going ka-t. he doesn't seem to know much about cars so theres no way he could keep a ka-t running and not blow it up. for him, 4K can get you an SR swapped in with a few goodies. with another 1K you can make up to 250whp on the stock turbo on the SR. thats good for a low 14 second or high 13 second in the 1/4 in a heavy S14.

actually i know a lot about cars im just not familiar with 240s yet... i know that i need to get rid of the stock motor cuz it runs low 16's and i need somethin faster....im into drifting also so i might upgrade the suspension.... other than that id prob start with new headers, intake, exhaust, pulleys, the clutch is new, and then work on whatever else needed it....im just not sure which engine would be in my price range that would run at least 14's.....the paint job wont cost much...ive got some connections on that and the swap will cost me basically nothing so i just need to know which kind of engine to get!!!

also i now understand the difference between the 240sx engines and which chasis' theyll fit in i just need to now average 1/4 miles for each one

i mean in their stock state the sr is gonna put out considerably more power, but i mean with the cost u may wanna just turbo the ka, that is as previously stated it is in good shape, if not id say go with the sr especially if u know enough to do the swap yourself, cause after the rebiud on the ka and the turbo to get up to the sr's power numbers, my preferance is to go with the sr, especially if ur intention is to drift. just my opinion though u really cant go wrong either way really depends on your preference.

hardcore NA tuning of the KA would put you in the 14's i bet. i only say "i bet" because i have seen like 0 all-motor KA's

just get a redtop sr since you dont want to keep the ka

actually i know a lot about cars im just not familiar with 240s yet... i know that i need to get rid of the stock motor cuz it runs low 16's and i need somethin faster....im into drifting also so i might upgrade the suspension.... other than that id prob start with new headers, intake, exhaust, pulleys, the clutch is new, and then work on whatever else needed it....im just not sure which engine would be in my price range that would run at least 14's.....the paint job wont cost much...ive got some connections on that and the swap will cost me basically nothing so i just need to know which kind of engine to get!!!

this just proves to me that your not as techno smart as you claim you are. you claim to know alot about car, you claim that you got 5K to play with. then why are you planning to spend over 1G in worthless mods such as intake, headers, pulley, clutch and chip on the KA since they won't fit on a SR, and will be useless if you go turbo. you may know alittle something about the car, but i highly doubt you know how to tune a turbo car and keep it running and know symptoms of problems before they turn into engine failure. its these things that i'm saying you probrably don't know to much about.

and you saying that you need to get rid of stock engine casue its slow is only true to a point. why dont' you swap SR's and race my KA? or better yet, race my friend anthonys 120+ mph trap speed 11 second KA-T? he probrably spent less money on his KA then you will on your SR to run similar times and trap speed.

bottom line, go with the SR. that is what i've been saying from the start, it will hurt me to see a blown KA-T have the people blame it on the engine being weak because of poor tuning. and any SR swap even with a stock exhuast will get you into the high 14's. we all answered your questions already. with a front mount intercooler, and full turboback exhuast with boost raised to 14-16 psi you can make up to 250whp and run as high as high 13's.

ok after reading all your guys' comments even the jerky ones.... i still want to know the difference in 1/4 mile times for the black top compared to the red top/// iknow that S14's are also gonna run faster than S13's but my how much? And i prob dont know enough about the 240s to keep a turbo'd Ka so thats why ive been asking for help on these swaps!!!

you live in cali, if you planning on doing an SR swap, kiss driving it on the street goodbuy...because its not street legel..and some people have it done buy paying the guy who does the emissions and visuals tests a hefty amount of cash, but i dont think this would always work.....

Seriously....

I just trapped at 105mph on a bone stock 136k mile KA24DE with boost peaking at 8psi. IDK what the deal is, thinking its a boost leak, but be that as it may....

Psuedo-car-intellect, read the FAQ and search...

And if you didn't have your head up your ass thinking you are just gonna swap and go, you would know that ET means close to shit with high powered cars. MPH is what you should be asking when it comes to 1320' times.

not to flame, but how old are you, what kind of car are you driving now, and do you have lots of spare money to blow?

EDIT: this is to jibberishballr

im 18 and i was driving a honda crx....ive saved up about 8000 dollars towards the car

oh and nissan fanatic dont be such a lil bitch!! just cuz u think u know everything doesnt mean shit.....so back off bitch


any other help that would actually help would be appreciated... i mean i only want the 1/4 mile times the mph could help i guess.... i just need ET on the 1/4 miles for the red and black tops....

^^^^^^^^ hahahahaha, I think someone needs a nap and I think J-Swigz might be tucking u in.

Look jibberish the forum is here to help you and their not just flaming u for no reason. They're trying to help you and point out where you were wrong and then you retaliate(<SP).

^^^^ this is true. but when the kid says he knows something about cars just not the sr and ka motors in particular and then gets shit on, how welcome is he supposed to feel? i mean i'd get defensive too.

Hi guys and girls,

I just wanted to ask a quick question. I just got done driving my 02 Nissan Altima. When I was in traffic I smelled what I think is oil buring, however I haven't had anything wrong with the car and it runs fine. Just monday evening i got my oil changed, what do you think is the possiblity that its oil burning that was spilled on the engine?

yeah the oil on the block sounds pretty likely to me, but just out of curiosity, why didnt you go to the Altima forum?

Start a new thread if your not talking about this topic and have your own questions to ask. Upper right hand of main page, "New Thread".

the red and black tops will both run about the same. somewhere in the 14's not sure the exact times. google it

forgive me if you already said what your doing one way or the other. but front mount IC will get you in 13's sticking with side mount probably 14's