I dunno where you are getting your info from, and i will assume you are exagerating when you said that about hondas..400,000 miles with out a hicup... ...Only a few rebuilds in between..now a mid to late 80s Cressida i would believe...I have seen those hit 340,000+ miles with just minor work done..400,000 miles i a huge milestone..anyhow back to your question.. The KA is taken care of properly should 200,000 miles with minor work, just normal wear and tear.. I pulled mine out at 176,000 and still running strong, just noise coming from the timing chain..but i have seen several KAs well over the 200,000 mark..Is all on you take care of the engine, and how the previous owners took care of it..Any motor will last a long time when properly cared for.. I say buy it..

 

i am lookin at one with 190,000kms what do ya think , i am gonna put in a new engine within a year and a half. the body is in pretty good condition, it is sellin for 4900 canadian, should i buy

 

Neo,

Thanks for the help. But about Hondas, I actually have two friends with Honda engines that are over 400k miles and still running perfectly. 1 Acura Legend and 1 Accord. They are actually racing to see who can get the most, which is cool because they both lend there cars out when anyone wants to take a road trip! I have also seen plenty of accords with upwards of 250k, 300k, so I stand by what I said earlier.

 

i must be lucky cus when i bought my 91 240 from this old guy it only had 29000 miles on it...this was like 4 months ago..

 

my car has 193,000 and still runs like the day i got it when it had 132,000. i treat it well, let it warm up a little, and don't put any unneeded stress on the engine. except when i run the shit out of it even then i don't run it hard until 3700+ RPM.

 

when it dies just get another one for cheap, or CA/SR

 

Mine was girl driven for 220,000 miles and then I got it. It now rests @ 229,000 cause I threw a connecting rod.

 

i must be lucky cus when i bought my 91 240 from this old guy it only had 29000 miles on it...this was like 4 months ago..

you're not lucky... YOU'RE BLESSED!!! 29000 thats like nothing... thats like a person who drives it on weekends i envy you i'm hitting 150k pretty soon only have had radiator problems

 

Heh, 204,000 miles and just lost the stock alternator, slave, and master cylinders. Beyond that, everything in the engine compartment looks stock. No real problems except the ever-present timing chain and need for a new tranny (due to the failure of the clutch during a road trip). Planing on keeping this engine until I manage to build a new KA24E from the block up, so I hope it lasts a bit longer.

 

Heh, 204,000 miles and just lost the stock alternator, slave, and master cylinders. Beyond that, everything in the engine compartment looks stock. No real problems except the ever-present timing chain and need for a new tranny (due to the failure of the clutch during a road trip). Planing on keeping this engine until I manage to build a new KA24E from the block up, so I hope it lasts a bit longer.

may i ask why your building another KA? and why a SOHC most of all?

 

Always wondered just what a all-engine SOHC KA could do.

 

Always wondered just what a all-engine SOHC KA could do.

IMO...i wouldnt wana be the first to find out i think all motor is more expensive to get the same performance of a forced induction engine. if anything why not go DOHC atleast? or a original setup for NA would be sr20ve rwd....(all this is in my own opinion so dont rag on me ) i should right that more often just to safe guard myself haha

 

LOL, well... just take care of it like ur baby and the KA will forgive you!

 

LOL, well... just take care of it like ur baby and the KA will forgive you!

but a CA/SR/RB will forgive u more

 

Always wondered just what a all-engine SOHC KA could do.

the nasport 240's that ran in the early to mid 90's were sohc and put out about 235-245 horse N/A

 

if anything why not go DOHC atleast?

Because the SOHC is better tuned for N/A applications.

 

the nasport 240's that ran in the early to mid 90's were sohc and put out about 235-245 horse N/A

I've actually seen race SOHC engines putting down almost 300whp.. mind blowing. Of course, it idled like shit, and had to be rebuilt every 2-3 races from what the guy told me.

 

must have been an IMSA spec motor, they were a little less "stock" than the Nasport motors but yeah 300 hp in na they were a beast its no wonder the 240's won the championship I think 4 times

 

Wow, but how ?

 

Neo,

Thanks for the help. But about Hondas, I actually have two friends with Honda engines that are over 400k miles and still running perfectly. 1 Acura Legend and 1 Accord. They are actually racing to see who can get the most, which is cool because they both lend there cars out when anyone wants to take a road trip! I have also seen plenty of accords with upwards of 250k, 300k, so I stand by what I said earlier.

Ok I was just looking through this thread and I saw this. Yeah I would love to be the guy that gets to drive the 400K honda. I mean what happens when you are on your road trip and plop there goes a rod oh well...lol.. When I worked at Acura I had them coming all the time for radiators and other things. Don't tell me they haven't had anything doen to them. Honda radiators are bad and the drivetrain is bad also... Stubby

 

Well I got my car at about...140K about. 1992 240sx and it is now at 164K. Engine runs great but today on my way to work my throwout bearing went and which it was making noise for a while now, so now I'm going to order the 3 main parts of the clutch (clutch, pressure plate, and the throw out bearing) at Nissan tommorow and get it takin care of hopefully on saturday. Have to go to junk yard and find some good torsion bars, power sterring hose, and the torsion bars for the front. Then she should be good cause I just fixed my brakes like 2 days ago lol. Runs great and strong with that many miles. My uncles Nissan had over 300K which was a pickup truck all pimped out hehe. My grandpa's old accord was over 400K so neo I think you need to rethink. Honda's run forver if you take care of them, just like Nissans. Yeah hond'a are played out and many of you hate them but they are good cars period.

 

This is just a little OT but since you guys started talking about NA performance ~250hp, did you know that Nissan built an all-motor SR20DE which made 300hp (this isn't the VE either guys, and it's running on gasoline not methane and no N02). Anyone else seen this before?

EDIT: here's the link BTW



300HP NA SR20DE

 

my comp wont let me look at the link... is this the GTI-R that they made NA?

 

No, the engine in the pics had a different code on the block than the GTi-R.

The code on the block they used is 54C, while the code used on GTI-R blocks was 53J.

What the hell all of this means, I don't know.

 

No, the engine in the pics had a different code on the block than the GTi-R.

The code on the block they used is 54C, while the code used on GTI-R blocks was 53J.

What the hell all of this means, I don't know.

thanks...my post whore companion