Sick of the Si? What year is it and what do you have done? I own a 90 Si, and Am getting a 91 Si with a blown engine and some body work to be done. what year 240sx you looking for?

Dr.

 

I'm up here in Maine for school, up in Orono.

 

Well, I was offered an 89 240sx in trade for my crx si. I haven't done much to it. Has a crappy pacesetter exhaust, crappy air intake. needs normal rust fixed. Valves went at 195k, got a 70k d16a6 waiting to go in.

I've had a broken leg so I haven't been able to put it in. I'm not really tired of the crx, I love it, but to upgrade to a 240sx would be sweet. Hopefully I can find someone around that'l know a little about dropping a sr20det in since the sx i'm looking at has 170k on it.

 

ah frigitycracksucker

Frickin' guy with the 240sx flaked and said he wouldn't get rid of it but wants to get rid of his 200sx...nuh uh. Crap, I was gettin' all horny over getting a sx too.

 

lol, ah well.

I'm i nthe process of fixing up my crx as well, plenty of rust on her. thats a low milage a6, how much did you get it for? I have a shell i'm looking @ dropping in a a6, do you know how to do it yourself?

Dr.

 

Yeah I'll have no problem replacing it. Just swapping one a6 for another.

 

how heavy is the a6?

Any chance you wanna come down to NH and help me drop an a6 in a crx if I can find one? lol.

Dr.

 

the a6 is only a couple hundred pounds, maybe 350 complete with manifolds etc...if that. It's a small engine, only sohc. If I could get rid of my CRX as is for a good deal I'd sell you my 70k a6 for like $350.

 

I might be interested in that, if you'll come help me drop her in!

Want me to keep my eye open for a 240sx around here?

Dr.

 

Nah, I guess my 240sx dreams are done, lol. I think I've finally spotted th Del Sol I'm going to get. I've wanted one since I was 13 so I gutta fulfil my desire... I know, I know...Slow as heck but I'll probably boost the heck outa it to make it hit 12's!

 

you still selling that engine then? lol

Dr.

 

Nah. Del Sol guy flaked, decided he was gunna turbo it. He did sell me his complete d16a6 ($1400 invested) built head with a 3 angle valve job, double valve springs 1mm oversize valves and a delta 272 cam and a couple other things.. Gunna try and put it on my 70k mile engine this afternoon i think, got all the stuff I need. Of course, I might be interested in re-selling the head. But I def. need to keep the block itself for my car.

 

how built is that head? for 1400 he coulda had a z6 full engine put in, or thats the cost of a b16. . thats insane.

You gotta turbo it now thats it's built?

Dr.

 

it's very built
port and polish
3 angle valve job
milled .040
deltal 272 cam
dual valve springs
1mm oversize valves

i think that's everything

With that and a d16y8 head gasket it'l put compression to about 9.4:1 which is still very boostable.

a z6 would be good, but if you plan on boostin' it you gutta deal with vtec timing, not to mention the extra $500 or so to get a z6 running in a crx anyway..would need new ECU, extra harness wiring, dif. distributor which is obd-1 when the CRX is non-obd (obd-0)

and a b16 will cost much more than $1400. Be lucky to get a b16 and tranny (let alone the LSD tranny) for that price. Then you gotta get new axles ~ $100-300, mounts ~$400, and wire the sucker up so vtec will work etc which comes into the ecu crap again.

SOHC has a number of advantages over the DOHC. And to do it without vtec, that's just even more impressive.


and don't worry, I didn't pay $1400 to buy the head.

 

I didn't think you did
And to be different than a b16 is awesome, just as I'm avoiding doing the standard sr20.

9:4:1 is very bosstable, is that your plan?

How many hp does he imagine that will puit the engine up to?

Very interesting approach.

I'd take the a6 head from you but I haven't any clue how to rip it off, I wonder if the block on the crx I have with the blown engine is fine, and I could use the head.

Did you have any upgrades on your rex?

Dr.