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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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I'm new. Hard decision

Okay I am going to be selling my lifted truck and am wanting to buy a 240sx. There are 2 that I am looking at and I am wondering which would be the best. The first one is a 93 240sx with a NA motor has drift suspension,quick throw shifter,exhaust, welded rear, rims. The other is a 91 240sx with a SR20DET red top swap with racing suspension,quick throw shifter, and the front is converted to the silvia and comes with a whole body kit all I need is a hood. The 93 is 3000 and the 91 is 4500. Now I was thinking about getting the 93 cause it's cheaper and is "Drift ready" and I know the guy really well. The other one I dont know the guy I just found the ad on craigslist. My plan was to get the 93 with the NA motor and put a turbo on it. Now if i were to do it what would be needed for it? Thanks alot for the help!
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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Well if you turbo the NA you will end up paying more than you would have if you had bought the 91... so I would go with the SR20 91...
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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Well if you turbo the NA you will end up paying more than you would have if you had bought the 91... so I would go with the SR20 91...
Do you know how much it will cost to turbo the NA?
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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depends which stuff you buy, you can cheap out with an ebay kit and it'll be around $900-$1,200 total... or you can get a real kit which can run you up to around $4000
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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depends which stuff you buy, you can cheap out with an ebay kit and it'll be around $900-$1,200 total... or you can get a real kit which can run you up to around $4000
I am just going to go with the ebay kit. but will I need like a fuel ign modual? I know I will need my computer flashed.
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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what do you plan on doing with the car? drifting? autoX? or just a daily driver.
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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Don't expect the car to last to long with an ebay kit...
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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Drifting. Its made by JDM so I'm not to worried.
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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Its made by JDM
What?

Youll be fine with a ebay kit. I dont know why people think ebay turbos blow up your car. Its all about the tune.
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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Drifting. Its made by JDM so I'm not to worried.
wow, new sig....

http://www.bblgroup.us/ssautochrome_files/image001.png

that is why ebay is bad.
Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:52 PM
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thats ssautochrome sucking not ebay. ebay is a place where venders can sell there stuff. tein, stance, and even nismo have things on ebay but i guess they all suck too because there on ebay...
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 07:35 AM
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actually a lot of the parts on ebay labled nismo, stance, tein, etc. are usually offbrand names with fake lables. I know there are some things on there that are legit, I've bought a couple things off of there. But when people are selling turbo's without a legit brand name, why would anyone buy that? Just because it's labled "JDM turbo" that makes it ok? I only trust the good brand name turbo's: garret, hks, greddy, precision, etc...

and btw, ssautochrome is a dealer on ebay...
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 07:45 AM
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you don't have to go ebay however you can piece together quality parts and learn something on the way and not spend a lot of money.

its depends really on the condition of your ka.. if the compression is bad. i would think twice about boosting it.

but go SR if you want a plug and play motor.

im not going to get into the sr ka thing lol. but just look around you will find your answer. i do like low end TQ though.



please stop by the Turbo section which contains SR and KA info.

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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 07:47 AM
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Did I read that right? Made by JDM? WHAT?! Oh my goodness . . .

I have a few questions . . .

1) What's Drift Suspension?

2) What's "Drift Ready"?

3) Why would anyone want an NA 2 liter as opposed to an NA 2.4 liter?

4) I had more but that turbo by JDM thing kinda threw me off. . . .

-Dave
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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By drift suspension I mean the stiffer suspension and it has the welded rear. It's also the 2.4l. What is good compression on the KA24DE? I am planning on going with an ebay turbo if I get the ka one. If I get the SR I will spend the money and just get a bigger turbo.

This is one I was looking at. besides it being ebay what do you guys think of it?http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Turbo...72#ht_7560wt_0

Also would this be a nice Turbo timer to use or do you guys have any better ones?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GREDD...02#ht_1095wt_0

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