700HP KA-Turbo S13 240SX Review! Is the KA Worth Swapping? 

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...

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?"

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.

Xavier Wulf has entered the chat.

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

The price of ka 240's just went up lol

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

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

Really like the License plate : SR20LOL

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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 '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

Another great video 💪🏾

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!

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

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.

That has to be the best sounding 240SX ever!

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

IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOO GOOD

Great video👍

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

This is honestly inspiring

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

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

I’ve seen this car before! Its beautiful 🥺

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 😂

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

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

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 🙌 😊

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.

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.

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

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

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

Finally! Not a bashed 240!

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

@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.

few seconds in the video and im already loving it

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.

Very nice build 👍

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

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

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.

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

KA is my dream JDM engine, definitely picking one up this summer

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.

Man that's a sweet set up. Hope my s14 gets somewhere close to it 🤙🤙

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 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.

Love the full size fire extinguisher im the floor. Noice!

What I needed to see (again) I’m building a kat currently on a budget but sooner than later will be firged

Jimmy oakes Needs to see this for his RWD civic!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Proper way to build a 240sx imo. Love jzs, but origional engine, untouched body, love it.

Now that’s an intro- pop pop pop!

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

👍for the vid on the KA-T..WIKI has information on the Nissan 4 holes bro

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

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 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!

KA20E and KA20DE was the 2 ka engines that I know of DE was the dual over head cam and E was the single cam

An S13 video? *Everyone Liked That*