DerekC Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 My 16 year old son had this wild idea that he wanted to get a KA24DE motor, because he was interested in boosting an engine. About the same time, I found this nice little Datsun 720 from the original owner for $1000. I was able to barely drive it home and get it in the garage. So he tells me, lets get a KA and drop it in here. I forgot to mention, I work in IT and have no mechanical training. Luckily he is in automotive classes at school, so I let him run with it. We get this KA engine from Michgan disassembled. He was able to follow the service manual and get it all put together after we got it back from the machine shop. He spent hours cleaning it and painting it. We started disassembling the motor from the Datsun and cleaning up the truck. That's where we are at. Photo album 4 Quote Link to comment
ShutterMeShort Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Sounds like a fun project! There are several people on here that have done that swap and theres a wealth of information. I'm currently in the middle of it myself. A couple important questions. 2wd or 4wd 720? Do you know if the KA came out of a car or a truck? Quote Link to comment
ShutterMeShort Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 There is also this thread with a ton of info. Quote Link to comment
DerekC Posted February 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 The KA came from a 1995 240sx. The truck is a 2wd. We have gotten a ton of information off this site. We even bought the engine mount from ]2eDeYe. 1 Quote Link to comment
ShutterMeShort Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 3 hours ago, DerekC said: The KA came from a 1995 240sx. The truck is a 2wd. We have gotten a ton of information off this site. We even bought the engine mount from ]2eDeYe. Very good! I'm sure you know that pan will need to be modified to fit. You will need both a front sump and rear sump pan I believe. I know a lot of people have done this and seem to not have many issues but I have also heard of some people having oiling issues with the frankenstein pan as well. I went with the Frontier engine for this reason. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Looking forward to pics 😄 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 I saw the modified pan. Did your son check it for leaks before installing it? Looks good so far! Quote Link to comment
DerekC Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 We had the pan modified by someone else. He checked it for leaks while we were there and fixed them up. We had to bring it back to him because it didn't quite fit the front cover. So we are waiting to get that back. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crytek89 Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 Glad to hear of another swap happening! If you have any questions, happy to answer what I can. Quote Link to comment
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