Predicament... need opinions!

[CoreyS13]

Alright, I bought a '92 240sx coupe as a project car initially going to do a LS1 swap. Part cost added up very quickly after picking up wheels, suspension, brakes... etc. The car is basically stripped down and I am frustrated and pondered just throwing the KA back in but find a 5speed tranny then selling the car off.

This is where the problem comes in to play, I got a friend with a S13 silvia that has a redtop sr20det that he spun a bearing and it is now in the state of rod knock. The tranny is in good shape and the clutch seemed to be fine, I talked over prices to him for the complete motor set plus wiring for $500. That being said I'd have to do a bottom end rebuild with that in mind I would up bore and go with over sized pistons along with a performance crankshaft, along with everything else replaced clearly, also pricing and what company of crankshaft I should go with?

I'm rather uneducated on what would go along with the sr swap seeing I've been in a completely different mindset with the LS1. What other things would I have to upgrade when going to sr20det, can I run the same radiator/fan as I had with my KA24DE? I assume that I would have to upgrade to a 255lph fuel pump, is there anything else?

Thank you for any input and yes I am in research mode trying to find out what I would be getting myself in too, along with reading endless build threads haha.

[Dousan_PG]

stock crank for the sr is fine
so many things to upgrade
depends on your goals/plans and budget.

you cant fidn what u want because u dont have a plan
make a plan first of power goals/reliability/cost and go from there

there are lke 800 different routes u can take
cheap to expensive.

[cc4usmc]

Geez... I haven't heard this question before. If you initially planned on doing an Ls1 swap, and you did all the research on it, how is it that you ran out of money?

[CoreyS13]

Priorities, school... lacking money?


I was just wanting to go with a mild build, don't want to dump too much money into it other then just having it run but not cheap out. I am setting it up to be a grip race car.

[cc4usmc]

I was just wanting to go with a mild build, don't want to dump too much money into it other then just having it run but not cheap out. I am setting it up to be a grip race car.

Wait.. that's a total contradiction. You want to drop an Ls1 into a 240 so you can grip race, but you want to do a mild build and don't want to drip too much money into it?

[CoreyS13]

I had BIG things planned, got into it and realized I do not want to drop $15+ into a 92 240 but still want to do a fun grip car for under 9grand. Now please just leave if your going to attack me I am here for advice not a headache.

[cc4usmc]

I had BIG things planned. I am here for advice not a headache.

Well like your planning, your research sucks.

http://zilvia.net/f/engine-tech/62607-sr20det-faq.html
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/206772-first-dyno-sr20-redtop.html
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/161652-stockish-sr20det-how-hard-does-pull.html
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/137877-what-kind-power.html
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/137921-what-kind-power-will-i-making-setup.html
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/71474-limits-sr20det.html
http://www.zilvia.net/f/engine-tech/187280-350-400-rwhp-mod-path.html
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/170639-dyno-results-not-what-i-expected.html
HP with basic mods on SR: Nissan Articles: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub (http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=28585)
Nissan 240SX S13 SR20DET - Power Pages - Import Tuner Magazine (http://www.importtuner.com/powerpages/0309it_1989_nissan_240sx_s13_sr20det/index.html)
supportin mods for a sr20det: SR20DET Forum (rear-drive): Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub (http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=326341)
basic sr upgrading..now what? - FreshAlloy.com Forums (http://forums.freshalloy.com/showthread.php?t=83129&highlight=basic+sr+mods)