Help Deciding On 240SX

[X Weltall 2]

I was offered a 90' Nissan 240sx fastback 5spd. For $1800 I'm going to call on it to see if its worth it. The only problem is, is that I know nothing about 240's. What do you do to beef them up? I've heard that the engine bay is way to small to put a turbo in. But what makes this car worth getting? Put on an intake, catback exhaust, but then what? Help me out here.

[will]

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Whoever told you that had no idea wht their talking about. &nbsp;These cars come stock with turbos in JDM land. C'mon....Search button is your friend. &nbsp;Just type in &quot;SR20DET&quot; and you'll find answers tiny grasshoppa'
-will

[X Weltall 2]

Sorry I am totally clueless about 240's. Thats why I came here. They come stock with a turbo? Are you sure. I didn't see any turbo. The car is completely stock 90' nissan 240sx fastback. And what is this SR20DET thing. I know that you can beef up the car by putting a new engine into it. I think a silvia engine right? Well I don't want to spend all that money on that engine. What could I do to get some nice HP, I mean you can do intake, exhaust, coil covers some other stuff but ####, is the car worth getting?

[thewholefnshow]

Dude... I explained this to you. They come with turbos in japan... the sr20det engine. Yours would be the ka24e I think, a single overhead cam, non turboed no anythinged engine.

[X Weltall 2]

So basically get a SR20DET engine then it would be good to go? How much are those again?

[Krunko]

Don't get a 90..get a 91 or up. &nbsp;The 91's and up have a higher hp engine in them. 155hp/160lb torque stock. &nbsp;you can turbo that engine too and easily have 215+ HP.

[LanceS13]

www.unstable-hybrids.com will install one for a little over $4000. &nbsp;Pretty good deal for your situation if you think about it. &nbsp;You get a newer engine with probably 30-40K miles on it, and you get about 60 more hp than what you have now.

[LanceS13]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Krunko on 10:38 am on Feb. 25, 2002
Don't get a 90..get a 91 or up. The 91's and up have a higher hp engine in them. 155hp/160lb torque stock. you can turbo that engine too and easily have 215+ HP.
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But you'd be extremely hard pressed to find one for $1800. &nbsp;And the engine would probably have so many &nbsp;miles on it, &nbsp;I'd be a little leary of turbo'ing it.