So yesterday, I was talking about how the 240sx needs a new engine. The nice thing about this car is that it is very similar to the JDM S13, aka Nissan Silvia. Unfortunately, the US got the short end of the stick because our cars had the KA24, either in SOHC or DOHC variants. This is a rather underpowered engine for a car that handles as well as this. There are few upgrades that you can do to this engine to increase its potential. For those who are stuck with SOHC engines, you can easily convert to DOHC by transplanting the head from a KA24DE. Of course, with any engine you can also turbo charge for super power. Or as Ricky would always suggest: NOS is the way.

Anyways, the popular option with these cars lately has been to transplant better engines into the car. Like I said before, the the 240sx shares the same chassis as the Silvia and so many people opt to swap in the CA18DET or the even more popular SR20DET. The engine is not very expensive and fits exactly in the engine bay. This is what we plan to do.

The title says Sil-Eighty and that probably requires some explanation. In Japan, another thing that people like to do is to combine the front (+engine) of a Silvia (coupe) onto the rear-end of a 180sx (hatchback), hence the combination of the two car names: Sil-Eighty. That's another thing that we're considering doing although that swap is money. I looked at internet prices, looks like it will cost $1000 just for the parts for the conversion. That doesn't include paint, although Wei is convinced that we can paint the car for $50.