Who has Highest Miles on NA KA24??? or most money into maintaing a KA - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

FallbrookS13 · 01-09-2004, 02:34 AM

mine has 167,000 right now. i wanna know who has the highest milleage on a naturally aspirated Ka24 single or dual cam, and what kind of major problems have they had???? and what the hell why not also...... who has put the most money into maintaining their KA. NOT UPGRADING JUST MAINTAING...
ok this should be interesting if I get a lot of resposes, which i hope

DriftDragon28 · 01-09-2004, 02:45 AM

Mine says 211K and change. its looks rebuilt but runs STRONG. just did a tune up on it.

dmaestro · 01-09-2004, 03:20 AM

224k
still runnin strong
timing chain makin noise atm though.

Zenki_S14 · 01-09-2004, 04:33 AM

Mine's an S14 and I got 177,000 miles. I did a lot of driving, but I don't abuse it as much as some of you guys. Haha. Recently, I replaced my radiator, which wasn't expensive because I got it for $180 and put it in myself. My stock radiator lasted 9 years!!! Can you believe that? that's pretty good.

esthirteen · 01-09-2004, 06:43 AM

heh, my '90 has 109k on it right now. Spent about $60 on it to put a straight pipe through on exhaust, cause resonator had huge hole. Also brake pads, and 2 oil changes.

s14slide · 01-09-2004, 07:00 AM

my s14(95) is about to roll over to 216K. Still runs strong and I've abused the crap out of it since 130K when I bought it. Pretty much just oil changes(EVERY 3K), brakes, rotors, replaced a bent wheel, new shocks(stole them off of my bro's s14), took care of a few rust spots, new ignition wires, and replaced anything that wears when it does. I am constantly trying to break something, but it never really does, no smoke out the tailpipe or anything like that. Just a tick from the cam/chain. Other than that, I've been running an Apex'i N1 since I bought it, installed and removed headers, ghetto rigged intake, took off clutch fan and running the a/c fan only(since the weather cooled off), had some springs and broke one, so I'm running stock springs again. Thats all I can think of for now.

phrozen · 01-09-2004, 07:01 AM

206k and change, and that beast is running strong. compression is good just need to reaplace the timing chain and clutch.

SilviaSativa · 01-09-2004, 07:42 AM

Wow, glad to see with a little money and care, you can easily get 225,000 miles! I'm at 170K right now(165K when purchased) I was worried I was gonna have to rebuild or swap in another KA around 200K (suspension/brakes before SR

)

phrozen · 01-09-2004, 08:53 AM

im gonna try to go for 300k after i do a little tune up

Enan · 01-09-2004, 09:41 AM

176,000 miles. and I drive 160 plus every day ..all I do is put gas in and check the oil once a week...she still has lots of go in her yet

Startours7 · 01-09-2004, 12:21 PM

181,300 as of this morning.
1.Clutch
1.Clutch master cyl.
1.Front main seal
1.Valve cover gasket

nokeone · 01-09-2004, 12:28 PM

191,500 and was running VERY strong with at least 1 eight hour drift event a month...

only thing to ever go wrong was a cracked radiator...replaced for $120 and that was it....

too bad it was wrecked a week ago...

took out the cams last night as it was a 91 and my boy with a 95 wanted them...PERFECT condition..internals looked flawless!!

AutoRnD · 01-09-2004, 01:06 PM

i have over 300k miles on my car..
daily driver as well as drifted in every competition i can find..
in terms of crap that has broken...
i broke my clutch pedal
brake master and slave needed to be replaced and my clutch master also was replaced..
other than that.. i have decent compression 170 170 160 150
make about 155 hp to the wheels
and this is on a 92 240...
oh yeah i also replace the clutch alot...
but other than that.. it runs like a champ

phrozen · 01-09-2004, 01:29 PM

nissan makes some great engines... ive seen some z guys get well over 300k and 1 300z get 450+k miles think i heard of someone talking of 500k mile mark but i dont remember

hurleyboi514 · 01-09-2004, 01:34 PM

197k, and still runs well... id like to do another compression test and see how its doing...

Fastback180 · 01-09-2004, 02:53 PM

Mine was at 250k when I put in the DOHC.

RoNiN240sx · 01-09-2004, 03:20 PM

150k, so far only a couple oil changes and brake pads

SR20DETpwr · 01-09-2004, 03:22 PM

When I bought my 240 a little over a year ago it had 245k miles on it -------- AND then it died after three months. The motor wasn't bad, so I know it could've went longer. It had an electrical problem. Whenever I drove it and came to a stop I had to keep the revs up or it would die. Sometimes after dying it wouldn't start at all until it sat overnight, and then it eventually got to the point where I turned the key in the ignition and absolutely none of the electronics came on - NOTHING! That gave me an excuse to do the swap. But yeah, nissan makes some strong motors.

THX1138 · 01-09-2004, 04:06 PM

Looking at you folks with over 200K, I can almost thing Sadie's still a youngster at 155K.

The car had 43K when I bought it 7.5 years ago. Ran dino oil for a couple of years, then swithed to synthetic about 75K. Replaced the water pump at 115K, and AC compressor at around 140K. Removed upper timing chain guide just for the hell of it, and got rid of the clutch fan about four months ago 'cause it was cracked and looked like it might fly apart. No other engine room mods yet.

It's daily driven, usually fairly hard once it's warmed up, and autocrossed about once a month. I'll probably buy something new(er) in the next several months, but when she doesn't have to do commuter duty, that's when the fun can start.

doriftokouki · 01-09-2004, 04:47 PM

silvia s14

Toahk · 01-09-2004, 05:47 PM

258,800 miles.

***S13SilviaGirl*** · 01-09-2004, 05:57 PM

geez not bad for almot 300K and 258K....lookin good!

azn_romeox · 01-09-2004, 08:02 PM

1990 240sx fastback
92,000k
Rebuilt 2 times
timing chain, new block, pistons, camshafts........a bunch of stuff. I'm dumping this motor soon.

It runs great after the 2nd rebuild. Just need to clean the egr and intake manifold but its cost me over $2500 in repairs in the last year.

amolao · 01-09-2004, 08:12 PM

I only had periodic oil changes, exhaust system (2nd), (3rd) brake pads, (second) clutch, new chain, engine never open other than that. Drive it to work and thats about it.......Oh!, 3 years in storage and ......well check my home page for the rest of the story.....this is some crazy mofo"..........
This engine is bullet proof and the best part ..... is not a Porsche.......

NinjaGaiden · 01-09-2004, 10:38 PM

I have 116,500 miles on my coupe. Just got it this summer, the only thing I have done is give it oil changes (synthetic). Runs very strong. Also, I drive the shit out of it, but no drifting or track.

I decided to wait for the engine to die before getting an SR20 into it.......I guess i'm waiting for a while.

FallbrookS13 · 01-10-2004, 03:57 AM

wow lots of replys. awesome. thanks for sharing guys........hey sometimes if i run my car really really hard for a period of time it will begin to tick. the ticking gets louder as i accelerate, and then soon enough it goes away, like probably 10min after it starts. anyone else expierence this???? that is probably the only weird thing my motor does other than that it runs awesome. i do need to replace motor mounts though, any sudgestions besides the obvious nismo mounts?
thanks
-drew
and o yeah...NORCAL_DRIFTER for 258800 miles your car is really clean looking. it looks like it has never been crashed. clean S13

blitz180 · 01-10-2004, 06:38 AM

about those mounts kazama makes engine mounts... you can get em at raretrick..... and i have like 140-somethin thousand on mine....

Toahk · 01-10-2004, 10:51 AM

I actually just painted it last week, you dont wanna see what 258k miles does to a car's paint job haha.

brianglawson · 01-10-2004, 11:45 AM

mine wqas blown when i got the car but the odo syas like 270,xxx

S13CRAVE · 01-10-2004, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blitz180
about those mounts kazama makes engine mounts... you can get em at raretrick..... and i have like 140-somethin thousand on mine....

DO NOT BUY FROM RARETRICK! If you value your hard earned money and your sanity, do not buy from them. They swore to me that the parts I ordered would take less than a month. 4 months later I got the parts and was forced to pay almost double what I was quoted. I'm not doing that shit ever again.:hammer:

-Ian

01-09-2004, 02:34 AM	#1
FallbrookS13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fallbrook, CA ....i love this place Age: 36 Posts: 126 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Who has Highest Miles on NA KA24??? or most money into maintaing a KA mine has 167,000 right now. i wanna know who has the highest milleage on a naturally aspirated Ka24 single or dual cam, and what kind of major problems have they had???? and what the hell why not also...... who has put the most money into maintaining their KA. NOT UPGRADING JUST MAINTAING... ok this should be interesting if I get a lot of resposes, which i hope __________________ hi.

01-09-2004, 02:45 AM	#2
DriftDragon28 Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pomona CA Age: 39 Posts: 78 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mine says 211K and change. its looks rebuilt but runs STRONG. just did a tune up on it. __________________ S13 NA Silvia Drift Happens enjoy the slide. Got Smog?

01-09-2004, 06:43 AM	#5
esthirteen Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kenosha, WI Age: 36 Posts: 42 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	heh, my '90 has 109k on it right now. Spent about $60 on it to put a straight pipe through on exhaust, cause resonator had huge hole. Also brake pads, and 2 oil changes. __________________ '90 240sx hatch. '91 240sx hatch. Both slow and never sideways,

01-09-2004, 07:00 AM	#6
s14slide Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Nippon Age: 39 Posts: 630 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	my s14(95) is about to roll over to 216K. Still runs strong and I've abused the crap out of it since 130K when I bought it. Pretty much just oil changes(EVERY 3K), brakes, rotors, replaced a bent wheel, new shocks(stole them off of my bro's s14), took care of a few rust spots, new ignition wires, and replaced anything that wears when it does. I am constantly trying to break something, but it never really does, no smoke out the tailpipe or anything like that. Just a tick from the cam/chain. Other than that, I've been running an Apex'i N1 since I bought it, installed and removed headers, ghetto rigged intake, took off clutch fan and running the a/c fan only(since the weather cooled off), had some springs and broke one, so I'm running stock springs again. Thats all I can think of for now. __________________ = My day

01-09-2004, 07:42 AM	#8
SilviaSativa Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Honolulu Age: 34 Posts: 441 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Wow, glad to see with a little money and care, you can easily get 225,000 miles! I'm at 170K right now(165K when purchased) I was worried I was gonna have to rebuild or swap in another KA around 200K (suspension/brakes before SR ) __________________

01-09-2004, 03:20 AM	#3
dmaestro Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sacramento Age: 36 Posts: 304 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	224k still runnin strong timing chain makin noise atm though.

01-09-2004, 04:33 AM	#4
Zenki_S14 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 323 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mine's an S14 and I got 177,000 miles. I did a lot of driving, but I don't abuse it as much as some of you guys. Haha. Recently, I replaced my radiator, which wasn't expensive because I got it for $180 and put it in myself. My stock radiator lasted 9 years!!! Can you believe that? that's pretty good.

01-09-2004, 07:01 AM	#7
phrozen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,352 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	206k and change, and that beast is running strong. compression is good just need to reaplace the timing chain and clutch.

01-09-2004, 08:53 AM	#9
phrozen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,352 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	im gonna try to go for 300k after i do a little tune up

01-09-2004, 09:41 AM	#10
Enan Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: milwaukee, wi Age: 51 Posts: 34 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	176,000 miles. and I drive 160 plus every day ..all I do is put gas in and check the oil once a week...she still has lots of go in her yet __________________ As I see it you have two choices either start to livin, or get to dyin.

01-09-2004, 12:21 PM	#11
Startours7 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SanDiego Age: 38 Posts: 93 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	181,300 as of this morning. 1.Clutch 1.Clutch master cyl. 1.Front main seal 1.Valve cover gasket __________________ 92'240sx fb 77'280z Motor all done, now the rest 87'Ram 250, 383 4 speed, 4x4(sold to my pop's) 97'Hardbody, 4x4(new toy)

01-09-2004, 12:28 PM	#12
nokeone on strike three. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Age: 42 Posts: 3,282 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	191,500 and was running VERY strong with at least 1 eight hour drift event a month... only thing to ever go wrong was a cracked radiator...replaced for $120 and that was it.... too bad it was wrecked a week ago... took out the cams last night as it was a 91 and my boy with a 95 wanted them...PERFECT condition..internals looked flawless!! __________________ panda; rockin your socks from the Bay to LA to SD, yay! Pink GodziRa

01-09-2004, 01:06 PM	#13
AutoRnD Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: SF BAY AREA, CA Posts: 2,601 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: AutoRnD Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i have over 300k miles on my car.. daily driver as well as drifted in every competition i can find.. in terms of crap that has broken... i broke my clutch pedal brake master and slave needed to be replaced and my clutch master also was replaced.. other than that.. i have decent compression 170 170 160 150 make about 155 hp to the wheels and this is on a 92 240... oh yeah i also replace the clutch alot... but other than that.. it runs like a champ __________________ www.AutoRnD.com Nardi, Enkei, Stance, AME Master Distributors for USA Check Out Our Facebook!

01-09-2004, 01:29 PM	#14
phrozen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,352 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nissan makes some great engines... ive seen some z guys get well over 300k and 1 300z get 450+k miles think i heard of someone talking of 500k mile mark but i dont remember

01-09-2004, 01:34 PM	#15
hurleyboi514 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Fort Posts: 905 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	197k, and still runs well... id like to do another compression test and see how its doing... __________________ HighTach Motorsports

01-09-2004, 02:53 PM	#16
Fastback180 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NoVA at heart Posts: 939 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Fastback180 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mine was at 250k when I put in the DOHC. __________________

01-09-2004, 03:20 PM	#17
RoNiN240sx Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SoCal 909 Posts: 226 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	150k, so far only a couple oil changes and brake pads __________________ 1996 240sx SE...Drifting Low

01-09-2004, 03:22 PM	#18
SR20DETpwr Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: INDPLS, IN Posts: 132 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	When I bought my 240 a little over a year ago it had 245k miles on it -------- AND then it died after three months. The motor wasn't bad, so I know it could've went longer. It had an electrical problem. Whenever I drove it and came to a stop I had to keep the revs up or it would die. Sometimes after dying it wouldn't start at all until it sat overnight, and then it eventually got to the point where I turned the key in the ignition and absolutely none of the electronics came on - NOTHING! That gave me an excuse to do the swap. But yeah, nissan makes some strong motors.

01-09-2004, 04:06 PM	#19
THX1138 Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Clemson, SC Posts: 264 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Looking at you folks with over 200K, I can almost thing Sadie's still a youngster at 155K. The car had 43K when I bought it 7.5 years ago. Ran dino oil for a couple of years, then swithed to synthetic about 75K. Replaced the water pump at 115K, and AC compressor at around 140K. Removed upper timing chain guide just for the hell of it, and got rid of the clutch fan about four months ago 'cause it was cracked and looked like it might fly apart. No other engine room mods yet. It's daily driven, usually fairly hard once it's warmed up, and autocrossed about once a month. I'll probably buy something new(er) in the next several months, but when she doesn't have to do commuter duty, that's when the fun can start.

01-09-2004, 04:47 PM	#20
doriftokouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Backmybitchup..........ville Posts: 244 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	silvia s14 Last edited by doriftokouki; 03-08-2005 at 03:40 PM..

01-09-2004, 05:47 PM	#21
Toahk Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: N. Cali Age: 35 Posts: 434 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	258,800 miles.

01-09-2004, 08:02 PM	#23
azn_romeox Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 288 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	1990 240sx fastback 92,000k Rebuilt 2 times timing chain, new block, pistons, camshafts........a bunch of stuff. I'm dumping this motor soon. It runs great after the 2nd rebuild. Just need to clean the egr and intake manifold but its cost me over $2500 in repairs in the last year.

01-09-2004, 08:12 PM	#24
amolao Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: LA....(lower alabama) Age: 57 Posts: 203 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Close to 100,000 and still going..... I only had periodic oil changes, exhaust system (2nd), (3rd) brake pads, (second) clutch, new chain, engine never open other than that. Drive it to work and thats about it.......Oh!, 3 years in storage and ......well check my home page for the rest of the story.....this is some crazy mofo".......... This engine is bullet proof and the best part ..... is not a Porsche....... __________________ http://home.sw.rr.com/longstorenissan *UPDATED 13 AUG 05 *

01-09-2004, 10:38 PM	#25
NinjaGaiden Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, Orygun Posts: 480 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have 116,500 miles on my coupe. Just got it this summer, the only thing I have done is give it oil changes (synthetic). Runs very strong. Also, I drive the shit out of it, but no drifting or track. I decided to wait for the engine to die before getting an SR20 into it.......I guess i'm waiting for a while. __________________

01-10-2004, 03:57 AM	#26
FallbrookS13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fallbrook, CA ....i love this place Age: 36 Posts: 126 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow lots of replys. awesome. thanks for sharing guys........hey sometimes if i run my car really really hard for a period of time it will begin to tick. the ticking gets louder as i accelerate, and then soon enough it goes away, like probably 10min after it starts. anyone else expierence this???? that is probably the only weird thing my motor does other than that it runs awesome. i do need to replace motor mounts though, any sudgestions besides the obvious nismo mounts? thanks -drew and o yeah...NORCAL_DRIFTER for 258800 miles your car is really clean looking. it looks like it has never been crashed. clean S13 __________________ hi.

01-10-2004, 06:38 AM	#27
blitz180 Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Usa-shi, Oita-ken, Japan Age: 38 Posts: 169 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	about those mounts kazama makes engine mounts... you can get em at raretrick..... and i have like 140-somethin thousand on mine....

01-10-2004, 10:51 AM	#28
Toahk Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: N. Cali Age: 35 Posts: 434 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I actually just painted it last week, you dont wanna see what 258k miles does to a car's paint job haha.

01-10-2004, 11:45 AM	#29
brianglawson Nissanaholic! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Age: 33 Posts: 1,912 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: brianglawson Feedback Score: 1 reviews	mine wqas blown when i got the car but the odo syas like 270,xxx __________________ S15 SR20DET Powered, Kouki S14 http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=578575

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