Remanufactured

[weirdstyles.net]

Ok, I dont need harasment over what I plan to do with my 240. What I do need is advice.

1990 240SX

3,000 in paint and body work

4,000 Remanu-KA24DE Installed, 5 Year 100k Mile Warranty
3,000 Remanu-KA24DE DIY 1 Year 12k Miles Warranty

apx. 1,000 Brakes Upgrade. (Pad, Rotor, Lines)

2,000 Suspension (Including bushings, T/C, and sway/tower bars)

Plus a low milage 5 Speed, which I have to swap into my AT 240.

Plus KA24E to KA24DE wiring harness.

Are there ways I can lower these prices, without large sacrifices?

Please dont flame, this is hard **** to decide and its killing me.

[DMC]

not flaming but 4000 for a remanfactured engine that you dont plan on modding? why not buy an sr or rb so youll be quick.
and spending 12000 on a car that old?

my suggestion is do buy a 93 se 5spd with low miles(2000-3700), rebuild the engine your self(500). for paint and bodywork i dont know what you mean by bodywork, but you could sand and prime the car yourself, then tape it off in a maaco parkin lot then get a 300 dollar paintjob that will look pretty good. Brakes, it would be sweet if you did a 5 lug conversion(200) and put 96 se rims(200) on(my opinion, your car) and put on Z brakes(200), then replaced the pads and add ss brake lines(100) then do your suspension, u should get front and rear matching strut bars my frend has them they are soo sweet!! im just tryin to help this is my opinion. good luck man

[Dousan_PG]

Originally posted by Weird Styles
Ok, I dont need harasment over what I plan to do with my 240. What I do need is advice.

1990 240SX

3,000 in paint and body work

4,000 Remanu-KA24DE Installed, 5 Year 100k Mile Warranty
3,000 Remanu-KA24DE DIY 1 Year 12k Miles Warranty

apx. 1,000 Brakes Upgrade. (Pad, Rotor, Lines)

2,000 Suspension (Including bushings, T/C, and sway/tower bars)

Plus a low milage 5 Speed, which I have to swap into my AT 240.

Plus KA24E to KA24DE wiring harness.

Are there ways I can lower these prices, without large sacrifices?

Please dont flame, this is hard **** to decide and its killing me.


you need connections. those prices are HIGH. and are you doing the engine labor yourself or a shop?
if its a shop damn.. that sucks

btw, my z32 brake upgrade cost me 220 bucks TOTAL. fronts only. i can get rears for just as cheap ;)

[AceInHole]

why not buy a KA off a junked car or someone doing an SR swap. I got a '97 engine for $700 with 26k miles on it and good compression numbers.

[weirdstyles.net]

the 4k price is installed by a shop. The reason I am leaning toward that is for the 5 year warranty. Thats not bad at all.


I deffenitly plan to mod this. High boost at the end of the line.

I have dings and dents in places you wouldnt imagine, and I want to have the wing removed and filled, so body work is a deffinite must.

Brakes and suspension, I just shatted some prices out.

If I could find a reasonably low milage KA24DE, I would be set, and do it myself. But is a remanufactured with warranty better off as per a price/what you get ratio?


Why is 12k a lot to put into a 13 year old car, when my uncle sank about 20 into a fifty year old car?

If anyone has a better layout, lay it on me. I have already put one motor in this car (**** you Midway Motors, 80k miles my ass). I am prepared to throw myself into a brick wall if thats what it takes.

[AKADriver]

A 50 year old car is a classic. A 13 year old car is... a used car.

If you want "high boost" why buy an expensive stock engine that you're going to have to tear apart? That makes no sense. Throw another junk SOHC in there to get yourself around, buy a well used DOHC and build the internals for "high boost".

[deviousKA]

your future turbo plans will void that 5 yr warranty anyway. just get your 5spd swap done for a start. if the current ka24e is that bad just rebuild it yourself then turbo it. you should spend most of your money on drivetrain/suspension/wheels in my opinion. have fun

[AceInHole]

well, i've seen KA24DE's go for as low as $300, with a 180mo. warranty. My engine has a 6 mo. warranty and I could've easily gotten an extended warranty, but what's the use if it's being turbo'ed??

For like $3000 you might be able to have an engine built with forged pistons, rods, whatever, and come out with a bulletproof engine with any warranty depending on how much you wanna spend. Jeff240sx or boosteds14 would probably be able to say more about that, I think.
I can't imagine an engine swap costing more than $1000 if shops do SR installs for that much, requiring much more work than a simple KA to KA swap (of course, SOHC to DOHC will probably be almost as complicated as the SR swap).

Point being, for $4000 you could end up being a lot better than just decently stock.

[misnomer]

He's indicating that he doesn't have the time or urge to do motor work himself (hence all the shop quotes), so work it from that angle.

THose are still godawful high prices for the motor, though. . .

[AceInHole]

Originally posted by misnomer
He's indicating that he doesn't have the time or urge to do motor work himself (hence all the shop quotes), so work it from that angle.

THose are still godawful high prices for the motor, though. . .

lol... that's why i said "have an engine built", instead of "build an engine", implying someone else could probably do it for like $3g's.

[weirdstyles.net]

Originally posted by misnomer
He's indicating that he doesn't have the time or urge to do motor work himself (hence all the shop quotes), so work it from that angle.

THose are still godawful high prices for the motor, though. . .

**** that man, i turn my own damn wrenches. I have put two SOHC's in this damn car, and both were **** because Midway Motors, Williamstown NJ suck my nuts.

Look at the diff. in price and warranty, THAT is why I am asking "all" these shop questions. Lets see shop:

motor, extra 4 year warranty

paint shop: yea, ill do that?!

KA24DE motor only, i am done wtht eh SOHC. New events have unfoled, this may turn out a different way.

AKA makes a greeeat point. If what might happen, happens, I will be a MUCH happier person. And I will probably follow suite with rebuilding my KA24DE.

"...dont have the urge" I dont work 53 hour weeks plus school for 7.76 a hour, without the urge to work on my car. I am watching out for my investment.


I am sorry if I come off cocky, I dont like to hear **** about me not turnin wrenches. Demeans the hell out of me. I am on the end of a thirteen hour day, and a cuncusion... please bear with me...

my apologizes

[nissan slut]

maybe you should spend some money on a vacation.

[weirdstyles.net]

just got back from a week in FL...aint that some ****...


my weekend sucked huge hairy knutz

[Jeff240sx]

Yea. I'd swap the SOHC for a DOHC (which should cost ya like $600, max) and then have a shop build the motor. It's much better than a $4k motor with a useless warranty. My engine cost me $3300 for forged internals and a ton of machine work.
More cost effective and a better plan if you plan on going turbo later. Or, you could get an SR20DET that someone mentioned earlier and nobody has expanded on. $2100 for a front clip with a s13 redtop from Flashoptions.com. Spend a week swapping the engine and electronics, and you're good.
-Jeff