So i ran my car at the track

[killab18]

well here in vegas they have midnight meyham, which is the drag strip open to the public like every other friday. So i ran my car. nothing special just wanted to see what it can do.
-98 Integra LS with a B20 motor
-generic short ram intake
-4-2-1 header
-aem pulleys on ps and alternator
-stock cat and stock exhaust
-16x7 5zigen fn01rc rims with 205/45R16 tires
-its dropped, short shifter and act pressure plate with stock clutch
-oh yea gsr tranny

well my best time was a 16.7 dont remember trap speed. everything here in vegas runs slower than it should. i had a reaction time of .034 one run but for some reason after i launched the shifter popped out of first gear. haha lol. i think i was pulling back on it a tiny bit and then with the launch it made me pull it out. oh well shit happens.

but i want to know how i can get a better time. i used to have a 2 1/2" exhaust but was just done by a muffler shop. i got the car like that. So i traded for a stock exhaust cuz i was sick of the sound.
-i want to get an exhaust but not 2 1/2. i was thinking about a type r exhaust and high flow cat. I should see a little difference with that right? and im trading a guy for a b16 tranny. actually my old tranny that i had on the car when i bought it, but traded for a gsr(wish i never did that) but im getting it back hopefully.

-what else can i do to get a better time. are ls camshafts more aggressive and will they fit?? but im not looking to really spend too much on this car cuz im working on a new project that is taking up my money. Just want some cheap things i can do or fix up to get a slightly better time. im lookin for low 15's

 

[cabezzzdb8]

Sounds about right for a stock motor, b20 might have a little better torque but thats it, it could get better but dont expect to break 15's with those bolt ons, get a vtec head drop a second

 

[dc2GS-R]

i know how you feel. Constant heat and humidity makes shit slower than it should be. last time i went to houston raceway park the air temp was 96 with 120 track temps and 70% humidity. the heat index was like a buck oh two

 

[killab18]

i think it can break into 15's with a b16 tranny and exhaust, maybe advance timing or something. i know the b16 tranny made my motor pull alot harder than the gsr. but i topped out at like 110mph, but i wont hit that on the drag strip so it will be good.

-i was gonna throw on a b16 head. i had one, p&p, decked, type r cams, ready to go and all i needed was harness, ecu, lsvtec oil kit, and stuff internally for the block. but i sold the head cuz money is going into new project
-im doing a 90 240sx ka24de-t setup. So im not trying to put more money into the teg right now. but thanx for the info

 

[CLspec]

I ran a 16.7 at 86 mph wit a short ram intake..wit my 96LS2DR...I later came back wit a 50shot of nos..n ran a 15.8 wit trap speed of 96mph...n my reaction time was 1.000 sumthin...but i pulled hard on an audi a4 or the a6 awd turbo...i lost by 2 car length...while peeps in the crowd though i was a gsr...the audi ran 15.1 at 88mph..his reaction was around .800et

 

[dc2GS-R]

you know the 90 240sx had the single cam ka24e right? you doing a dohc swap? for the price of a ka24de and a turbokit why don't you just go with the much stroner sr20det

 

[CLspec]

you know the 90 240sx had the single cam ka24e right? you doing a dohc swap? for the price of a ka24de and a turbokit why don't you just go with the much stroner sr20det

What???m confused

 

[dc2GS-R]

killab18 was talking about working on a Nissan 240SX that came with a single cam truck engine (ka24e) in 1990 and was later upgraded to a DOHC truck engine (ka24de). the turbo dohc jdm sr20det out of the silvia and 180sx bolts straight in. get it now? i just went off topic

 

[killab18]

yea i hear yea dc2, it does have the SOHC motor in it right now. but i picked up a dohc motor for $40 and was planning to do a build on that. The DOHC motors are actually very strong. they are iron blocks rather than the sr20's aluminum blocks. i would love to get the sr20 but for the price i can build a ka24de(dohc)motor and have alot more power than the sr20. i was also concidering doing an rb25det(skyline motor) swap cuz you can get the full front clips for about the same price or about $200-$300 more than an sr20det clip. but for right now i think im giong to do a mild build on the ka24de motor, everything is in very good shape on that motor, im just going to get new pistons, bearings, rod bolts, head studs, cometic head gasket and thats about it for the motor. It will hold like that for over 500hp and i dont plan to be going that high for a while.

-and please dont refer to the motors as being truck motors?? yes they were in trucks but are not concidered truck motors. cuz if that was the case then my B20 is considered a truck motor and all B20vtec's are considered to be half the same. the DOHC motor is a good high displacement motor that can still rev out.

 

[dc2GS-R]

truth is...they blow up easily. i know a bunch of people with them. you better build a good cooling system because the radiators are crap and they tend to blow head gaskets like its going out of style. the rb25 is an expensive swap that requires alot more than just the front clip. you can do a full sr swap for less than $3000 and 400hp is only a few bolt ons away. plus it was built for boost. has forged crank already, oil squirters on the pistons to reduce temps and help lube the cylinders, and can handle over 400 on stock internals. and sorry...facts are facts. it is a truck engine. it debuted in the hard body way before it made it into the 240 and altima

 

[Winki]

KA-T FTW!!!!
they are much stronger and better than SR's if done right to start with more displacement and those blocks are solid.
Sr20s are very over rated compaired to that the KA24de are able to put out for the money of an SR .
check this shit out http://www.ka-t.org/
lots of people have the missconception that the KA is crap.
but any who there is nothing wrong with them being truck motors, just means there hardcore

 

[killab18]

Ok well for the motors blowing up, the first thing to go on these motors are the pistons, as for cooling of course i wont be running a stock radiator, i have a koyo aluminum radiator already in the car. brand new. And yes you do need a few extra things for an rb swap but nothing much. You can make the stock mounts work, but you would need a driveshaft made or bought. but the mounts and driveshaft are the 2 things that make it difficult. just a little custom work. ive already searched on this. as for the sr swap being less than $3000 yes that is true, there is a guy selling one today for $2000 in my area and now im debating cuz its so cheap. and 400hp is alot of bolt ons away, but your right nothing has to be done to the block. just maybe a cometic head gasket. The blocks are great. The sr20s have forged cranks and rods but cast pistons. But so does the KA motors. They have forged cranks and rods also and cast pistons. the ka also has oil squirters, So if you really look at it what makes the ka such a bad motor?? nothing the pistons is about it. you put some good forged pistons in the ka and you will have a very very strong motor. and yes it was in a truck before the 240sx but what does that matter?? it doesnt make it a worse motor, nissan just saw the potential of the motor and threw it in the 240's and well what do you know its been doing good.

 

[Winki]

with the KA up grade rods & pistons and turn up the boost, don't even have to worrie about sleves

 

[Aussie]

All I have to say about the 240 is that your KA motor will get destroyed buy boost. I just recently sold my black 240 with the sr20det running 29lbs on a basically stock bottom end. Those motors are way stronger than the ka's. That and you can pick up a sr for about 1000 if you find a deal. They gotten to be very popular motors with the whole drifting scene going on.

 

[Aussie]

truth is...they blow up easily. i know a bunch of people with them. you better build a good cooling system because the radiators are crap and they tend to blow head gaskets like its going out of style. the rb25 is an expensive swap that requires alot more than just the front clip. you can do a full sr swap for less than $3000 and 400hp is only a few bolt ons away. plus it was built for boost. has forged crank already, oil squirters on the pistons to reduce temps and help lube the cylinders, and can handle over 400 on stock internals. and sorry...facts are facts. it is a truck engine. it debuted in the hard body way before it made it into the 240 and altima

Preach it Preach it. And yes 400 is only a couple of bolt ons away. around 417 I think.... 8)