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Originally Posted by Croustibat
Reasonable yet.
Decent amount of power, no.
KA is a truck engine, nissan fitted it for the US market because you guys tend to drive for a lot of miles, and they needed reliability which could not be attained with a turbo CA or SR. Dont expect power from this engine, unless (yes) you turbocharge it.
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The only Vehicle the KA was put in before the 240sx was a Minivan in Japan. There were several cars it was put in before it ended up in trucks.
It was put in the 240sx because the CA18/SR20DET made more power than the NA 300zx and Nissan USA did not want it to compete with it. The CA18/SR20DE was thought to not be peppy enough for the US.
If your statements were true why did they bring the Z31 over with the turbo motor?
The KA's head flows horribly and the long stroke make it less than ideal for a NA build.
If you know about old piston motors. The LS* series would be ideal. Push Rods and all.