I have had a vision

[Braden]

so last night while i was dreaming i had a vision of a ka24de swap. i got to looking and these engines are readily available around my neck of the woods and i was looking on ebay at parts for these things. some of you have swapped these into your trucks and i was wondering how hard on a scale from 1 to 10 would it be to swap one of these engines, i have wiring experience, engine internals experience, welding/ fab experience, and im super eager to learn and perservere untill the project is done. also i was looking at the top mount turbo manifolds on ebay and i was wondering if anyone has tried one of these? also what about those 600$ turbo kits with the t3/t4 turbo? must be pretty shitty right? my truck is a 77 620. i know this question is vague but you guys get the idea.

[Z-train]

Getting it in there is nothing more than fabbing motor mounts.Wiring is wiring.Turbo might fit,but it will be extremely tight.And in the 620,there is no room for a intercooler.A/C compressors will not fit unless you convert to R&P.

[wayno]

Maybe you should quit eating mushrooms, then the "visions" may go away.:lol: It's a common conversion I beleave, have fun. wayno

[philcas1987]

4. The hardest part is putting it in. It's long. Need an engine leveler. Do it. No better advice. Super reliable

[Braden]

i can fabricate motor mounts like there is no tomorrow. what about the top mount turbo manifolds? are the ebay kits worht a shit?

[jesusno2]

REALLY just motor mounts LOL. ya got oil pan clearence to deal with a tranny mount to deal with motor mounts, drive shaft, clutch plumbing, coolant plumbing, not to mention the million hours of routing wires cutting holes fittings fuel system etc etc. ka swaps or any swaps for that matter are alot more involed to do right than guys on the internet say it is. Time and money is what ya mainly need.

[Pacific coast Datsun]

REALLY just motor mounts LOL. ya got oil pan clearence to deal with a tranny mount to deal with motor mounts, drive shaft, clutch plumbing, coolant plumbing, not to mention the million hours of routing wires cutting holes fittings fuel system etc etc. ka swaps or any swaps for that matter are alot more involed to do right than guys on the internet say it is. Time and money is what ya mainly need.

10-4 brother...most swaps dont get done & end up on C-list.

[datzenmike]

Was that a Castaneda vision?

[AZhitman]

No offense, but you've got diapers to buy. ;)

 

I built a pretty radical boosted KA and the final tally was $6K (doing 90% of the work myself). And no, you can't get off much cheaper, because cheap stuff breaks. :)

[hang_510]

Was that a Castaneda vision?

that woulda been about a blown V8 :)

[Braden]

No offense, but you've got diapers to buy. ;)

 

I built a pretty radical boosted KA and the final tally was $6K (doing 90% of the work myself). And no, you can't get off much cheaper, because cheap stuff breaks. :)

 

yep, iv egot diapers, turbos, lsd's, baby food, race fuel, and as many datsun parts as i can find to buy!! fuck yeah!!! kids- cant let the little bastards get you down!!!