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Originally Posted by MX500
DAMN!!! You are quite the Honda boy arent you?... High RPM= GAY Honda status.... RPM sucks, don't let stupid things such as a retarded RPM goal stop you from using a good engine.
You can not legally register ANY RHD japanese imported vehicle in the united states.
I doubt you can drift, you drive a 95 civic, dont you??
Nissan used the KA24 for a reason.
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First of all, I have two s13s and have been into S chassis Nissans for about 2 years, and a member of this forum for about a year. Read the title, its not a 180sx, its a 240sx converted to 180sx, including right hand drive. It still has the US vin. I won't be driving it on a daily basis, I just wanted to know if I could get away with it for small amounts of time.
Rpm sucks? maybe with a stock final drive ratio. High rpm lets you stay in lower gears longer, but you probably won't notice it unless you replace the diff with a lot lower ratio.
Yes, Nissan did use the KA for a reason. They used the SR20 and CA18 for a reason too. The 240sx was introduced to the US at a time when very few people were enthusiastic about rwd imports, so, realizing that the S-car would never be as popular in the US, they didn't put a sports car engine in it.
They saved money and put a truck engine in it. Your KA is a tq monster, and will blow the doors off of a lot of cars with I4s, and even some with I/v6s... but I hope you don't mind having almost no aftermarket.
As to the drifting, anyone can drift. I said I was a beginner, didn't I? The entire point of me building this engine was so I could have something that would beat Hondas at their own game. I'm not a fan of Honda, but I'm not going to be hating on them just because it makes me feel like more of a Nissan guy. This whole "I drift, and therefore hate all FF cars" (or all musclecars, etc.)attitude is getting really old. Grow up. This is a no-flame zone, not youtube.
I'll condense for the rest of you:
I'm looking for any aftermarket support for the CA18, specificaly destrokeing kits, and stuff to build for n/a high rev application. Don't worry about finding it for me, just tell me, is it available? The crank from a CA16 would actually lengthen the stroke, so that's already out.
I was wondering if a SR16 would go on the SR20 tranny. I know it is common to match the AWD RB26 to the RWD RB25 tranny, so I thought it would be pretty much the same principle to match a SR16 to a SR20 tranny
I was wondering if I could get away with driving a RHD car (not registering) for small amounts of time in the US. It would be mostly highway driving.