WOOT! I SEE A SNAIL....i wonder if it bubbles if you pour salt on it...not a slug but meh...anyway, why are the KA24s looked down upon? i know its a truck motor...but so what?

 

^ it better not bubble and melt. If it can't hold up to a little sodium, how the f**k is it going to last with hot-as-h**l exhaust gas running through it spinning at 100k rpm?

But I never really got why the ka24 is such a bad motor. Underpowered? Maybe. A truck motor? Yeah. Torque monster when boosted? H**l yeah. True the single cams pretty much suck, but the twins are a good platform to work with. Not to mention you can pick one up for the same price as a z6, so if I blow it, who cares? I pay $300 and buy a new motor

And I really need to find a car. I can't find a decent one within 3 hours of where I live for under $1,000. It's rediculous. The drift craze is over and people still think 240's are worth something.

*edit: do snails melt like slugs? I need to go find a snail and find out lmao

 

Might have found a car. It's in hershey (3 hours away), so I'm going to try to talk the guy down to $1000-$1500 since I'll have to drive out there and everything. But I'm going to call the guy tomorrow to see if it's even for sale still (craigslist ad is 9 days old). btw, it's a '92 coupe

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If it's sold already, I honestly don't really care (well, I do since the car seems unmolested... only mods are a 6-puck clutch (which means I wouldn't have to replace the clutch for a turbo project) and the wheels, and if the guy has the stock wheels, I'll let him keep his white ones if he takes a few hundred off the price). This turbo project is exactly that... a project. Projects aren't supposed to be done in a week lol... besides I have the money and a DD, so I can afford to wait for a decently priced 240 (though I'd rather have one now... it feels odd being in a town full of imports with a mustang lol).

 

gl man i always have loved 240s

 

well, I might not get a 240 anymore (mostly because I was thinking 2 rwd cars in the winter will suck with the little hill climb I have to do to get to class); I've opened my options up to 5 cars: any 240sx, and EG/EK coupes/hatches. Basically, the first decent car I find in my price range is the one I'm going with. I'm actually hoping I can find a decent civic (since a fwd car would be nice in the winter), but whatever.

 

lol. haha go ek if you can find a good one

 

speak of the devil, I actually might have found one already (he just hit a deer, so obviously it needs work) with an ls swap (born a 96 dx), meaning it's basically ready to boost. I just emailed him (he posted it within the last hour or so, so hopefully I'll have an email back soon) for more damage pics.

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Okay, I want to bump this to say, I (sort of) have a car for the project now. I checked that '96 dx out, and as soon as the guy's insurance agent calls him, I'm buying it.

It has a b18b with an intake (sort of... it's a filter right on the TB) and a header-back straight pipe into a canister muffler (I'm thinking twin loop personally). He's including a front bumper with it that's already cut out for a turbo (which I'll fiberglass and make it look prettier... he just sort of cut it apart valuing function over form. Personally, I like both lol). Also, it's lowered (tokico blues, not sure on springs). It still needs a headlight (maybe I'll just get projectors), a passenger fender, and a windshield. And honestly, I'm thinking about painting the wheels hot pink (the car is black, it has 15" 10-spokes with a polished lip).

 

haha way to start a 240 project and not go through with it haha. btw for your first post it says 350 rwhp might wana fix that haha

 

new front end..... go ahead and switch to 99-00



but hey ya wouldnt want to copy me.LOL
with the car just ask him to not date the title! otherwise you pay a late fee after 30days if ya dont swap over the title. i learned that after like 34days after the date signed. total BS fee!


see ya couldnt stay away from the civic for to long.LOL