POS 240.....

[R3RUN]

Been a while since I posted on here. Hopefully my car will be running again sometime soon so I'm trying to get back in to the whole forum thing again and maybe make it out to some meets. Anyway, this is my 90 coupe that's currently waiting for me to finish up a Kade swap. Basically just want to be able to drive it while I save to rebuild my SR.

Front


Kind of a side shot


Interior pre 350z seats


Work shot



And last up, my super sweet valve cover



Like I said, it's a pos. Not even going to begin to list the shit that's done to it unless someone is really dying to know. To sum it up its basically an s14 with an s13 body.

[Franco Tirador]

boost???

[Sammich]

finally a drive way and a garage that doesnt look like poo. cant wait to see the progression

[Cal240sx]

With KA24de's so plentiful why swap in a single cam?

[green91]

With KA24de's so plentiful why swap in a single cam?

what? did you read the thread / look at his pics?

Looks like a nice start for a s13 coupe.

[Sinfix_15]

i'm curious as to what makes it a "s14 with an s13 body"

[RandomGuy]

Nice project!
used to have an orange mazdaspeed protege?

[Elbow]

With KA24de's so plentiful why swap in a single cam?

Although I don't see that, the SOHC is a FARRRRRR better motor for N/A.

[Sinfix_15]

Although I don't see that, the SOHC is a FARRRRRR better motor for N/A.

pass whatever youre smoking.......

[Cal240sx]

what? did you read the thread / look at his pics?

Looks like a nice start for a s13 coupe.

Oops.

That's what I get for drinking and posting.

[Elbow]

pass whatever youre smoking.......

Prove me wrong.

There's a reason most tube frame Nissans use the SOHC versus the DOHC. There are some 300+whp KA24Es out there, last time I checked Nissan even sold some pretty die hard race parts for the SOHC from the Nissan Motorsport catalog.



Now obviously this is a $10,000 engine...but...lol Yeah on the street bolt ons versus bolt ons a DE would probably be better.

[Sinfix_15]

Prove me wrong.

There's a reason most tube frame Nissans use the SOHC versus the DOHC. There are some 300+whp KA24Es out there, last time I checked Nissan even sold some pretty die hard race parts for the SOHC from the Nissan Motorsport catalog.



Now obviously this is a $10,000 engine...but...lol Yeah on the street bolt ons versus bolt ons a DE would probably be better.

The reason someone would chose a SOHC over a DOHC for a na engine is because the rocker ratio on a SOHC is adjustable vs fixed on a DOHC and it has to compress 12 valves vs 16. The only way to increase lift on DOHC is bigger cam lobes, which also contribute to the valve train resistance difference between the 2 engines. That small amount of valve opening resistance on the engine benefits the SOHC, but the DOHC would offer you a bigger range of power. Both engines have the same bore and stroke with interchangeable internals, so like you said... "theres a bunch of hardcore race parts available", that would apply to both.

In an absolute power making contest, the SOHC would win, for aforementioned reasons.
The DOHC provides more range in the power.

If you were building a drag car, i can see how the SOHC at it's peak would be better than a DOHC at it's peak...
but for a road car, i feel like it would depend on the track length and other variables....

I see very small differences in these engines.... none worthy of saying one or the other is "FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" better than the other one. I see a matter of preference. There are 300hp NA DEs also, but im not sifting through the sea of turbos to find one for you. I'm sure there's one in the picture below though...........

[R3RUN]

Thanks for the complements. No boost for now, I'm running the KA temporarily while I save to do a full build on my sr. And yea I used to have a spicy orange msp. I miss it a lot but whatever.

i'm curious as to what makes it a "s14 with an s13 body"

Full rear s14 subframe swap. Front lower control arms, spindles, hubs, etc are all s14. Engine is a 96 kade. Also has s14 carpet, the stock s13 shit is absolutely disgusting. I ordered an egr block off plate and stainless clutch and high pressure power steering line on Black Friday. I'll update this thread periodically I guess.


Just for shits, here's a couple shots from when it had the sr. Popped the headgasket which is why it's going to be rebuilt.