# Got my 240sx, advise please **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [August 24, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255 "2007-08-24T16:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paperavenue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@paperavenue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paperavenue)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/1 "2007-08-24T16:21:52Z")
Hello again, i just put a down payment on my 240sx and i will be picking it up tomorrow morning, this will be my project car and i plan to put my heart into making it into a DD and a Drifting monster but i need some help with choosing a KA or SR. I hear that you can do a lot with a KA for cheaper than an SR and I would like some feedback on what you guys think. I want to get at much power out of one of them. Thx ---
**Author:** ![Hanzzzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@Hanzzzzz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hanzzzzz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/2 "2007-08-24T17:22:24Z")
an SR would be easier if u dont know where to start. buy a motorset and drop it in, match some coloured wires and you’re finished. KA-T is more technically involved. do some research on both and make a decision based on what u find. try googling KA-T vs. SR ---
**Author:** ![paperavenue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@paperavenue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paperavenue)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/3 "2007-08-24T17:26:14Z")
Im thinking of about 250-300 hp. Can any of you guys give me a pros and cons of each engine plx. Im trying to get as many opitions as i can. ---
**Author:** ![Hanzzzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@Hanzzzzz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hanzzzzz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/4 "2007-08-24T19:27:33Z")
> [@i want to scream...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-want-to-scream/2143/31): > > Try doing some of your own research, this has been covered to death on many forums. yeah, honestly dude… if this was any other forum you would get f\*cking owned :# ---
**Author:** ![renegade141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@renegade141](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/renegade141)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/5 "2007-08-24T19:41:01Z")
if you get SR, its 205 hp stock, that is more than enough to be a DD and drift monster. any more than 250hp you will never learn to drift properly. ---
**Author:** ![matt.s13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@matt.s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/matt.s13)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/6 "2007-08-24T21:39:48Z")
frig the motor, fixx ur rust and buy some coils, and rear multilink, then learn to drive/drift then, and just then you can start making ponys ---
**Author:** ![Cal-SoY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Cal-SoY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal-SoY)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/7 "2007-08-24T22:45:25Z")
^^^ ditto ---
**Author:** ![pcproa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@pcproa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pcproa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/8 "2007-08-25T05:50:41Z")
> [@My cousin and I starred in Wedding Crashers](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-cousin-and-i-starred-in-wedding-crashers/2141/11): > > if you get SR, its 205 hp stock, that is more than enough to be a DD and drift monster. > > any more than 250hp you will never learn to drift properly. I agree. I don’t drift since my motor swap and 200 extra horsepower. This car just likes to get sideways. No one believed me until bountywolf was doing 4th gear north on Woodbine and the car ended up almost 90 degrees to the road before he let off the gas and it snapped back. ---
**Author:** ![paperavenue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@paperavenue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paperavenue)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/9 "2007-08-25T08:40:11Z")
I just picked up my 1989 240sx with 143k on it this morning. I dont plan to do any swaps right now, the first thing on my list is to get a new suspention setup with some new brakes and a new lsd. Can you guys post me any link where i may find some? ---
**Author:** ![Cal-SoY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Cal-SoY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal-SoY)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/10 "2007-08-25T09:23:06Z")
what kind of suspension were you thinking about? I’m about to get some new springs and shocks in this week. People reccomended H&R with koni yellow adjustables and next year probably going with a megan multi-link. As for the new brakes i’d wait until i got more power under the hood. I’m on a stock dohc and my brakes are working pretty well. As for the LSD i have the chuki s13 and i’m on a VLSD i just reccomend getting one of those, they seem to work pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![xtngshZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xtngshZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xtngshZ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/11 "2007-08-28T09:17:02Z")
i agree with renegade, i say, learn the basics and get the feel of the car first with KA, and gain more technical knowledge, then when you feel you are ready, move up to something with more power. start off with some coilover suspension and bing’s multi-link would be nice too & front & rear strut bar, i’ve got the Z32 front and rear brakes and they work extra nice, the stock 240 brakes weren’t doing it for me, but thats just me, i like to have alot of stopping power. those two mods alone, make the car much more fun to drive. ---
**Author:** ![Osad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@Osad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Osad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/12 "2007-08-29T00:08:45Z")
MY rule of thumb is… if you have to ask, you’re not ready to do it. To build a KA to the point of getting stock SR numbers, it works out to be the same as swapping an SR motor. Thats with decent parts. Suspension, honestly, perfect street/track suspension setup for mild use on track and DD would be adjustable sphocks and springs with thick (HICAS will do) sway bars. Done. Get used to that, then step it up if you can handle it. As for me, I’m gonna buy the most expensive shit I can find. Then do nothing with it. Love, Osucksdick ---
**Author:** ![MIKE-240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike-240sx/32/5665_2.png) [@MIKE-240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MIKE-240sx)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/13 "2007-08-29T21:10:17Z")
^^^lol ---
**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/14 "2007-10-14T14:17:33Z")
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**Author:** ![spooolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@spooolin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spooolin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/15 "2007-10-18T18:02:02Z")
well first off, Re Ameyami you can start using proper english, so people can read it properly. Your paragraph looks like a word search. As for this thread I just did my SR swap on my 97 240 and love the sr20. My self am building it to around the 400whp mark. Using 272 cams. 50 trim turbo. and lots of other goodies. But I would definitly go with a SR motor. There cheap and easy to swap. ---
**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/16 "2007-10-19T14:45:37Z")
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**Author:** ![GTChampion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GTChampion](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GTChampion)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/17 "2007-10-20T10:29:01Z")
> [@FS: 1992 3000GT VR4 Twin Turbo - \*\*PICS\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1992-3000gt-vr4-twin-turbo-pics/2117/27): > > frig the motor, fixx ur rust and buy some coils, and rear multilink, then learn to drive/drift then, and just then you can start making ponys this is your best bet…better to start off with low power you learn better ! ---
**Author:** ![Hanzzzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@Hanzzzzz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hanzzzzz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/18 "2007-10-20T16:24:51Z")
didn’t you say it’s a KA-T? all the work is already done. IMO, swapping out a working KA-T for a stock SR, would be a very large waste of money. and just a piece of advice, dont take any ONE person’s advice when surfing forums for info. you need to do some research. ---
**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/19 "2007-10-20T19:12:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-my-240sx-advise-please/134255/20 "2007-10-20T19:17:46Z")
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