KA-T VS SR20. GO.

This car defies engine swaps, overfenders, bodykits, wraps, gutted interior and soooo many more things, these kind of cars is what I live for👍 And screw people who say KAs are no good, they are not good enough for the KA.

Finally a properly done car with a proper exhaust and no dumb screamer pipes, clean and beatiful...

When I saw the title, I thought: "700hp 240? What's it got? 2JZ? RB26?" Nope. No engine swap here. Whoever built this car has my respect.

0:46 TDIB: possibly one of the cleanest S13 240's I've ever driven Your blue 240sx at home: "am I a joke to you?"

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Honestly I think people are too caught up in the sr20...

What you said about it feeling like a car that was built back in the 90s in its prime. Totally spot on. It's beautiful

What evers done to this ka jimmy needs to do to nisonda

I love to see under appreciated engines knock it out of the park.

I Love KA24ET/KA24DET Builds Finally nice seeing them getting some love 😍😍😍😍

The price of ka 240's just went up lol

Damn!! Love that car!! Appreciate seeing a 240 owner who doesnt cut it up and change everything! The kat is impressive!

Really like the License plate : SR20LOL

@ThatDudeinBlue we actually did get the SR20 here in the States, the caveat is that we never saw the turbo version of that engine (SR20DET) but the naturally aspirated SR engines were available here in a number of Nissan vehicles. The Infiniti G20 (aka Nissan Primera), and the Nissan Sentra 200SX (aka Nissan Lucino. This is not to be confused with the European S-chassis 200SX, which is based on a Silvia) came with the SR20DE engine which makes 140hp at the crank, and can easily be built into a makeshift SR20DE+T with the huge amount of aftermarket mods that can be installed. The funny part about those 2 cars I mentioned is that they came with SR20 engines in the States but they were FWD as opposed to RWD. In addition you can get them with either an automatic or a manual, and they can be built up and hold a decent amount of power in stock form. I drive a 2016 Nissan Note, which was sold alongside the Versa platform in the States, and I’m currently saving up to buy a FWD SR20 engine to do a swap within a year or two. On their own, they aren’t that powerful or fast even. But the low cost of entry to afford one, and the abundant amounts of OEM parts availability, as well as the small size of the vehicle and a low curb weight (under 2500lbs) makes for an interesting platform to build a fast but reliable daily driver. People overseas in parts of Asia like Japan and Thailand do SR20DET engine swaps into their Nissan Almeras, which is just another name for the Versa overseas, and the stuff they come up with is absolutely incredible despite the lack of an actual aftermarket support system. You should find someone who has a FWD SR20 engine in their car and review it, and see how it stacks up to the RWD SR20. There was also an SR20 that came in Nissan cars with factory AWD in some parts of the world, so if you ever go to Canada, be on the lookout for someone with a Nissan X-Trail SUV or a Nissan Avenir, since those came with the SR20 engine and all wheel drive.

...God I miss mine. Now I'm going to need to find one to pick up again. Thank you lol

My car has a perfect dash, leather seats and a CA18, i've decided to keep her clean and not stock but true to her roots...

I saw this car at Ace Cafe in Orlando a few months ago. Wasn't sure at first, but pulled up a pic of the same identical engine bay on my phone. Super clean car, not a dent on it.

Good timimg. Just watched Donut Media's Silvia vs. 86.

I honestly like the stock looks of the 240sx. The bumper are beautiful everything is beautiful

Wow, this car is amazing, now one of my favorite review from you David. It shows if you put time and effort into something you can make it your own and very special.

Making these better has been around for a long time and I'm glad to see them get the spotlight for once. This is a testament to their potential, great video!

The Ka24de in the 240sx was never used in a truck. The ka24de used in the 1998-2004 Frontier had enough differences to almost be considered a different engine family.

People keep saying that KA were trash yet this car proof me wrong. So glad you review her 240 David

WOW love it! Engine bay & interior are so clean and match very well! Also that stock look of the 240 is beautiful.

That has to be the best sounding 240SX ever!

Nice! Car is rad. Awesome to see you seriously enjoying ripping around in it.

Got me looking into the 90's altimas now... They had the ka... Had 1 years ago and LOVED it. Been hooked on nissan truck engines since

I remember this car Classic designs are the best, love this channel keep up the good content really engaging and entertaining which by watching his content has helped me to open up my channel as I love high performance cars!

I 've always liked it when somebody actually had the determination to build the KA's in 240's. I follow monsta performance out of Florida and they have a KA-T s13.5 drift car that makes 500hp. KA is a good engine if built right.

ka all day had my built kat running driving to and from drift events running for 5 years just now rebuilt it and love it

Damn that's one clean 240, loved the KA btw. Sounds really really nice!

It’s as if it’s all original souped up from factory, I love it. This ka-t setup all day long. It’s so different but almost as if original at the same time. The vibe is real

Xavier Wulf Approves! “This a KA not a SR”

That Racing Channel did a vid awhile back on a ka-t with over 950 hp it was in an s14 I believe.

Awesome review! I love clean ka-t builds :)

I miss my KA-T Altima😢😢, makes me want to get another one

Oooo a KA that’s been built up. This should be interesting. Never see them built, especially since I come from a land of CA18s and SR20s

I had a KA24DE-T S13 coupe and it was an absolute monster. Sounded better than the SR's and was much torquier and needed much less boost to make power. 325whp and 400 ft. lbs of torque on 9 lbs of boost (forged internals and a few other bolt-ons tuned on an APex'i SAFC-2.) 12 second car on street tires and much cheaper than the SR swaps all my other friends were doing.

That's a sick looking S13 if i do say so my self,love the vids

I once sat in the passenger seat of a 500hp ka-t, 240sx fastback that runs 10 sec in the 1/4 mile. I went and picked up a clutch for my 240sx and he took me to the back roads, as he lives out in the country side of Wisconsin, and did a few runs down the stretch. By far, its the most powerful car that I've ever been in. That was 15yrs ago.

Yes. It's so overlooked because it's the stock motor, it's not "jdm", and considered a truck motor. But holy shit is a proper built ka-t so much fun to drive. I've had numerous setups on mine, 50 trim, 60-1, t28, 6466. And the spool on every turbo is so amazing. It's almost instant with the extra displacement. No knocking on the sr20s but I'll choose ka everyday.

Thought we determined the KA turbo was legit years ago now. 😕

Ka all day much respect ive had e et and de. Nissan builds amazing and sturdy products from the jump. Take a little time to learn how it all works and allot of powerful from them get tossed i love vg also. 💯💪🏾 my man keeping the OG'S Alive

I saw this 240sx on INSTAGRAM, happy to see it on your channel

Just clean and simple. No fuss and it works. Props to the owner!

you should review a Volvo S60R. you thought that 240 sounded good lol wait until you drive a big turbo S60 haha there sick. you gotta love them 5 cylinders.

I love the weird builds like this, that's the best way to achieve your build goal and specially set yourself apart from the crowd.

Ive always wondered what it would be like for someone to put forged internals in a KA and actually build it. Everyone just swaps their 240s, and i think this proves that you can build them.

America did get SR20s in the G20, SE-R 200SX, NX200 and SE/SE-R Sentras, they just weren't turbo charged.

I miss my ka-t. Back in the day. Set me apart from all the sr20s that was a fun project back in 2009.

I love that this car kept the stock body, just something about it .

Holy crap is that morgans!!! so cool to see builds from people i know!!!!

This 240 looks so damn perfect my god. I love how he did a sneak diss at the beginning when he said it had a full interior 😂

Got a Rb20det in my s13 hatch right now. But In hopefully a few days I’ll be getting a borg Warner ka-t with a forged bottom end. Great timing man. And that car makes me more excited then I was

The motor sounds so good and smooth going through the rev range. The boost on that car comes on quick looks sounds like a car with a healthy 3.5-4k + worth of rpm in the boost. Love the ka24de as a street motor platform.

Hell yeah I love seeing the ka get the rep it deserves with all the aftermarket parts for it now it’s reached it potential

IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOO GOOD

My car has the ka24de, its a 97 altima. I love it, it may be slow in its fwd configuration but it definitely its reliable and fun, hardly any accel lag

I always find it funny that my mom had one of these back in the 90s, but returned it a day later because it didn't feel like a sports car, but more like an economy car. Lol

There y'all go SR guys. KA have good pontential. Cast iron block all day.

Such a clean build, it isnt obnoxious like most modern builds are, clean and simple. Yet an absolute monster

Damn, that car looks so damn good with the RPF1s upfront and the welds with slicks in the back! 😍😍😍😍😍

I’ve known lee for 10+ years now and aside him putting a vq35HR in his skyline this was the most wild build he’s ever done.

Perfect example of do not listen to online BS. Not everything needs to be built the same. Great build. ✌🏼

What a beauty! I’ve got to see this car before at a car meet and she’s mint. The reason why I built my ka24de and installed a turbo on it. That’s definitely a freight train. A true sled. The Ka motors get bad rep. But if you take the right steps to build it right you get a great solid engine.

Lots of datsun guys love putting ka motors in their sunnys, because kas give gobs of torque, making the super light cars, so much fun to drive, not to mention ka (and sr) are litterally plug and play with extremely minimal mods, and a mish mash of nissan oem parts, it basically turns them into nissan subcompact musscle cars, and god they just shred tires, and give smiles for days

hi David. nice vid. liked b4 watching b/c I knew it was goin to b good

Ya know I was just considering selling my 240, and I think this video convinced me otherwise. I built my ka with full forged internals and even at just 8psi I have a blast driving it. Always an added bonus when people are in disbelief that it’s powered by the old truck motor! Build them right and they’ll treat you right.

Built mine in 2006 KA-T stock bottom-end Ebay turbo (57trim) custom intake electromotive tec3 did 420 RwHP at 18psi, lasted 2 years before breaking the ring lands. V-2 same block .060 forged internals, head work, cams, valvetrain, GT42 hyb. turbo, dual disc exedy, power everything with A/C. No dyno yet, currently working on the suspension and interior.

Another great video 💪🏾

1991 was the first year of the ka24de ( D= dual overhead cam ). Its been also said that the 1991 ka24de had a hotter cam profile. The single overhead cam ka engine code was Ka24e

I just picked up a stock 240 and was thinking about going KA-T after seeing SR prices. This was definitely a sign.

I have a ka24de in my old beater altima and the dang thing is so solid stock and great for trolling civics

I love this car ka moter clean paint clean interior no stupid exhaust and the car isn't loaded with stickers it's nice to see a clean fast 240 Good job beautiful sleeper and of course thank you David for the great video and God bless 🙌 😊

I have 2 KA's Dual cam. Fun little engine! This pushes me to fully build one

Man the second I saw this I knew it was Morgan's hahah. One of my fav builds

I’ve seen enough of David’s vids to know that this car scared David as much as it impressed him and made him laugh.

Well, that helps me make up my mind. I was thinking about running a different motor in my 620 for a while after I finish with the chassis work. A built KA-T would be a fun for a while, then after I swap the truck back to an L series, maybe I can find a 510 or something for the KA to live in.

KA-T VS CA18DET, two of the most unloved Nissan sports car engines ever.

I have a ka24de in my s14. And it's boosted. I've drifted my friend's sr20 and didn't like how the boost spikes. I prefer the smooth transition and torque of my boosted ka. That's my spill.

Yo Jimmy Oakes!! Don’t get sad about the KA! Build it up to 700hp in Nissonda!!!

When you get here 16 seconds after the video uploads

Great video👍

This reminds me of beating NFS Underground 2 with the 240sx. Good times

I have always loved the S13 especially the coupe. It's cool to see the KA getting some love since it seems everyone loves to hate on it. It's like the Honda D series.

ive been wanting to KA-T my S13 for years and im about to do JUST that

Jimmy oakes Needs to see this for his RWD civic!

i had a ka-t back in 2008 ish everyone hated but i used to blow the doors off swapped cars.. ka is a beast of an engine p.s. the intake and exhaust ports are the same size as the RB and same flow characteristics 2.6 RB 2.4 KA loves turbo

The ka24de with wolftech cams freaking rips!.... the only draw back is the long runner intake manifold , solve it with a custom plenum and runners ..... I luv the sr20’s and ka24de’s high port head design of the 90’s

Both great platforms I had the HKS ka turbo set up in the 90 Back then it was unstoppable. I only changed when I go hold of a built SR22 vvt Built by Japan race shop. P.S. The setup I miss most is my NA ka24de quick and balanced. Great for time attack , grip and drift.

I remember reading a super street article about the K vs the Sr. The K was better because it had more compression. Blast from the past!

Everyone dismisses the KA series as a boring truck engine. They are bulletproof and very torquey due to their under square architecture. The older 12 valve, SOHC KA24E was way ahead of it's time with 2 intake valves and 1 large exhaust valve. Ford didn't start doing that till around 2005 with the S197 Mustang.

I’ve seen this car before! Its beautiful 🥺

I always said I’d keep the ka over a sr if I could ever find a rust free 240 that isn’t 8 grand plus 😂

I turbo'd my KA back in 2005. Did about 300whp for about 10 years daily driven and driven hard on the weekends. Got a second car so I decided to turn up the boost and cracked the ringlands. The internals can hold up to higher hp but the rings need to be gapped to account for higher cylinder temps that NA. So while under boost they expand until they meet and end up buckling the piston. Hence, cracked ringlands. I'm doing a full rebuild for it to be bulletproof but not crazy power. I'd rather have it overbuilt and last. I have the option to go RB25 but the support for the KA is there so why spend extra money? Even if the RB sounds so good. :D

Yep. I had a '93 KA before, fun car. Had a few mods, ran like hell.

Never driven a ka car (I'm in the UK), but I definitely always preferred the CA to the SR over here.

Still rocking my ka with 240k miles on it. Never gave me a problem. I always have a soft spot for ka

Bro welcome to Merrit Island, too bad I didn't spot you while you were here but I think I've seen that car around