banginheep Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Any one know what has to be done to get the truck rear sump pan to fit the car motor or if its even possible? tnx guys Quote Link to comment
philcas1987 Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Fab up an oil pick up and cut and weld up the extra hump Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25243-ka-z24-build-compression-questions-done/page__st__100 Lots of cutting, similar to this. Having a plasma cutter helps. You can also scallop the crossmember depending on which motor you're putting in which vehicle. Wait a minute, that's a Toyota, wtf guy? Don't tell me you're ditching that boat anchor 22R and sticking in a REAL motor! :D Quote Link to comment
datsunrides Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 You need to either cut down the left front (or right front? can't remember) girdle about 1/4" or so about 1/2 the length on that side only and do a little clearance work on the very front left corner of the pan. The rear part of the pan where the pickup tube goes thru needs to be trimmed a little for the different pickup location and to clear part of the girdle. It almost looks like if you double the pan gasket, it just may be less trimming work. Don't know how well the pan would seal with double gaskets though. Mark Quote Link to comment
banginheep Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 http://community.rat...e/page__st__100 Lots of cutting, similar to this. Having a plasma cutter helps. You can also scallop the crossmember depending on which motor you're putting in which vehicle. Wait a minute, that's a Toyota, wtf guy? Don't tell me you're ditching that boat anchor 22R and sticking in a REAL motor! :D http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25537-project-bastard/ already done and driving 5 months ago Quote Link to comment
banginheep Posted April 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 What makes the ka-e truck motor different than the 240sx ka-e Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Lots! For one, truck motors were made/cast in Mexico. 240 KAs were made/cast in Japan. KA car uses a crank girdle, KA truck is just like a Z24, no girdle, 5 main caps. Intake is not TBI on truck, but does look like one, with the MAF/TPS all in one unit at the top before it goes into the manifold/plenum. Car of course is standard EFI setup with log manifold and better runners. Bigger throttle body housing also. I think that's all the differences right off hand. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I think that's all the differences right off hand. Could of other minor things... Direction of ports on the valve cover, exhaust downpipe, pulleys on truck are v-belt car is multi-ribbed belt. Also the car block has extra metal at the rear (more meat around the starter mount), and uses a slightly different starter. See photo: Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Oh yeah, the Stanzas and some others also had a fwd version of the KAE and their blocks are quite a bit different, and of course dizzy is in the wrong spot. But they were also still made in Japan, so still better quality. I didn't know about the valve cover breather, good to know. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Look deeper inside.... the car rods use bronze inserts and are fully floating, the pistons have grooves in the pin hole for C clips to keep the pin centered. . Quote Link to comment
banginheep Posted July 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Does anybody know if there are any differences in the 4x4 oilpans apposed to the 2wd ones? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Full-floating piston pins means almost nothing to real world. Chevy guys had that argument back in the 70s. They are still arguing about it. Why o why did nissan use four different block designs for the KA??? no other engine is like this... KA oil pan gasket for Truck/240SX single cam KA oil pan gasket for 240SX twin cams KA oil pan gasket for FWD cars or Quote Link to comment
Creepy Cruiser Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 since we are talking swap around parts. Can you bolt right on a twin cam car head, onto a truck block? (someone was asking me this the other day and I didn't have a real answer, lol) Quote Link to comment
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