Chrisk0
02-23-2014, 10:27 PM
Hello everyone. Before I start off I'd like to say that I encourage anyone to voice their opinion because that's all I want.
I have a 91 s13 hatch. It was sitting still for 10 years before I bought it. So right now, as it sits, I have almost got the stock KA24DE ready for the pulling. It has an automatic transmission and the engine has just under 200k miles on it. There was no valve cover on the engine, or an intake manifold and I could see rats nests, and carbon deposits, and other weird things in the engine. I haven't pulled it yet or disassembled the head or anything like that to take a closer look.
So my question is, can I have it rebuilt and nicely running for under $1000 so I can have a dependable daily and then save up for a $2500 sr20det 5spd swap?
Or should I just keep what I have saved so far and go straight for the swap? I have near $1000 with my tax returns.
Also some parts I have already bought for the swap are the parts for a 5 speed swap over and I have an intercooler and hks ssqv bov, and a manual boost controller.
What do you guys think? (Sorry for the long winded thread)
I have a 91 s13 hatch. It was sitting still for 10 years before I bought it. So right now, as it sits, I have almost got the stock KA24DE ready for the pulling. It has an automatic transmission and the engine has just under 200k miles on it. There was no valve cover on the engine, or an intake manifold and I could see rats nests, and carbon deposits, and other weird things in the engine. I haven't pulled it yet or disassembled the head or anything like that to take a closer look.
So my question is, can I have it rebuilt and nicely running for under $1000 so I can have a dependable daily and then save up for a $2500 sr20det 5spd swap?
Or should I just keep what I have saved so far and go straight for the swap? I have near $1000 with my tax returns.
Also some parts I have already bought for the swap are the parts for a 5 speed swap over and I have an intercooler and hks ssqv bov, and a manual boost controller.
What do you guys think? (Sorry for the long winded thread)