shawn1331

I think you guys are looking way to far into what I said. I never said it was a good idea for him to rebuid the engine.

What I said was if he has his heart set on rebuilding the KA then go ahead, it's not nearly as scary as people make it seem. Because lets be honest 90% of this forum has never done it.

As far as a rebuild goes I don't know what you consider a rebuild, compared to what I consider a rebuild. What you're talking about sounds more like an overhaul by my standards, which yes is different because you have to deal with the crank and seals/bearings. That can be tricky yes.

What I consider a rebuild is pretty minor shit, pistons, rings, gaskets. Just the top end basically. I've had my 240 for 2 years and it hasn't given me even the slightest reliability problem, EVER. I mean not even stalled on me or idled rough. EVER. But you come here and most guys on this forum claim 240's are so unreliable. Most of the problems come from them trying to get cool race parts like cold air intakes, fucking it up and having a bad idle or a vacum leak somewhere. If you do everything to spec and the way it should be 240's are so reliable it's insane.

Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what theyre doing. Just because a car is 20+ years old doesnt mean its unreliable. It's from a lack of maintenance and a lack of doing stuff properly. My friends always go"yea thats good enough" and then have to do it again right the second time.

As for my age in a profile, hard to believe but it's possible I clicked random dates for everything when I made my profile no?

I'm not going to argue anymore because you have your oppinions, I have mine. As far as I'm concerned if you want to rebuild an engine then theres no other way to learn than to just do it. Don't let someone stop you because it's "hard".

Is a 240 a good daily? Yes.
Does that mean you don't have to do maintenance? No.

Do your maintenance and you're fine. Rebuild your engine if you want to.

Trap Star

There is a reason why every thread like this is flooded with people advising AGAINST buying a 240 as a daily.

They don't do it because its fun or because they don't like 240's. They do it because they own or have owned 240's and have learned from their own experiences with the car that its not a good buy for a daily (especially if you don't have much money or don't have much mechanical experience).

I hope you do buy a 240 one day, they can be a lot of fun. I just would not recommend it as your daily.

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Get a daily.

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JDMBart

what part of chicago are you in? Im south of chicago in burbank il and i have a rhd vert. Feel free to ask for some help