i decided to place my front end conversion idea behind me as a later.

I figured.. why dish out $1,200 for looks over life. No?

well, i was wondering. am i better rebuilding my ka24de (over 140,000 miles) or should i just purchase a brand new one? Im not into the sr20, too much time needed and money.

or should i get a new engine and maybe add some stronger internals and stuff?

 

its cheaper to go with the new engine, if your only adding bolt ons. but if you plan on going with nitrous or a big turbo down the road some time do the rebuild with the forged internals. it really depends on your plans.

 

nah.. i want n/a.. dont plan on the other stuff.. im not a racer, just a daily driver that wants his car to live forever

 

when you say new do you mean buying a new engine from nissan or buying a rebuilt one?

 

either or... as new as possible without going broke

 

you can find a Ka24de w/under 130K for less than $300 (not including shipping)

 

i'd try and find a low mileage KA probably easier to modify, cleaner, and the peace of mind that it is in good shape

Good to see that your not jumping on the sr bandwagon

 

ATTARCO will sell you a used KA24e or DE for about $895. They ask for a deposit of $200 which is a total of $1095. But you get the money back once you give them your old core.
They also sell used transmissions. All used engines have under $60,000miles and have been tested, and come with warrantee.

 

Big V, do you have contact info for ATTARCO?

 

PHO SHEEZY My Neezy......
http://www.attarco.com/

 

Failed to mention if you live in Cali they drop the engine off at no charge. Well atleast for the greater Bay Area....

 

lol, I'm an idiot.

*edit* oh wow, this place has blacktops under $2K also... lol I know Big V isn't the biggest fan, but a deal is a deal...

 

Actually I'm still thinking on weither I want an SR20det black top or a frankenstien NAPS-Z siamesed "Lseries" high rev KA turbo in my 510...

 

thanx man

 

lol, what's this? Big V is talking blasphemy!!! hahaha, j/k. Do you have any pics of your 510? I was talking to this guy who's been a Nissan master tech for like the last 20-25 years and he was telling me all these stories about the 510~ he said that it would eat a 240 alive even on the twisties and spit it out~ lol