I've been thinking about selling theGST and getting a S14. The insurance is too high for me to pay and save money for other things. I'm going to look elsewhere for insurance, but if I cant find anything cheaper, I'm probably going to sell.

For my next car I was thinking about getting a s14 because they handle great, look good, and are cheap on insurance. I know the KA24 is a clunky truck motor, and is not worth boosting. Down the line Icould put a new motor in it, and there are alot of choices like the SR20, LS1, VQ35, VQ30 ect., that is just what Ihave seen,so there is no shortage of potential. After a year of owning my eclipse, I've had fun, but more often than not something was wrong with it, or it was broken. I know Nissans are reliable, My previous car was a 95 Nissan Maxima with 160,000 on the clockand ran great, never gave me any problems except for the automatic tranny.

Anyways I was just wondering what you guys think about the S14 and the KA24. About how much power could it produce going NA?

 

i'm not familiar w/ the ka24 but if you think about it... any motor can hold any hp w/ enough money. i love the way the s14's look, more so than the 13 and 15. go for it. w/ ur mods you can prolly get about 7500-8500 off the top of my head. you can get a cheap as crap 240 shell for 2-3k sr20 for 4-5k and bam, you're fast lol

 

Would be a fun project!

 

there are PLENTY of high powered boosted ka24 motors out there the sr20det isnt the only choice..good luck!

 

when are you thinking about making the switch?

 

if you want some good power, i would order a RB25DET and if you have enough money over from buying your car, try to get your hands on the RB26DETT, but i would either go with the RB20DET (skyline engine not silvia) or the RB25DET both great choices.

 

and extremely costly and not worth it imo...i know a guy who put a rb26det in his s14 but hes also loaded...i would just boost the ka24.

 

I'm going to decide here in a week or two.I dont know if I would dare boosting the ka24 without building the motor up first, but I hear once built they put down some nice torque.I was thinking with all the money I would be saving on insurance, gas, and mechanic bills, I could save for a sr20 or a vq35. The vq35 sounds like acool idea because 270 ft/lbs of torque without a turbo setup sounds nice, and I wouldnthave to worry about things blowing up and have alot of power at the same time.

 

hmm i like the s14. while i have a gsx my brother (15 years old) has a 97 240sx lol. and his is i guess you can say "rice" or a show car. because it does have bodykit and CF wing and Hood. it is all painted and has FULL sound system. i kinda like the s14 for turns and just overall driving because its fun and its a change away from the turbo and AWD. but i still rather keep the dsm.

 

the KA is worth boosting...sort of. Its best to at LEAST get the timing chain replaced(not a cheap fix--about600 bucks!), then the turbo **** will cost a minimum of 1200 for decent stuff, so theres 2k right there. sr20 front clip=2850(what i paid), but im also installing it myself. Usual install fee is about a G in a 240sx.

RB series motors are seriously overpriced, and seriously overrated. rb25 barely makes any more power than most sr20s. rb26 does make a nice little amount of horsepower, but who wants to pay 8000 dollars just for an engine? The only reasons i could see it being feasable are being so loaded you have ntohing else to do with your money, or having serious insecurity problems which need hiding with a rarely seen expensive motor.

sr20 or boost the ka. but remember that the KA is actually a heavvvvy cast iron truck motor, and sr20 is made to be a performance car motor