Solid Nissan KA24DE Budget Build! 

Had a turbo ka 16 years ago. Worked at a nissan performance shop. While everyone swapped out their ka24 engines. I kept mine cuz of the extra displacement and I was whooping all the sr guys with all the torque. Good old days. Year was 2006

This is a fantastic guide for KA owners. The VQ cam follower idea is a solid piece of info that I didn't know before. I haven't seen that talked about in KA circles. Nice job!

Is it just me or does anyone else love listening to this guy talk? He's got a great voice

Been a KA-T guy since 2006. Definitely slept on.

KA-T the world!

I could listen to this expert engine builder's well articulated explanation of motor components all day. Thank you Sir. 🏆

Please keep making these KA24 videos! This is gold!

Please continue to do a full ka series!! Knowledge is incredible and very appreciative that you are sharing this info with us all!!!

I've been telling people to boost the KAs for 15 years now and put the SR swap money into the chassis.

This is the type of guy who never frowns. He loves his job. He actually wakes up in the morning and doesn't feel like he's working. He's just following his passion. I wish I had a job like his

Now that the KA24DE has it's spotlight I would love to see a video being done on the CA18DET

I built one back in 2009 for my S14 just to be different than everyone else who swapped them out for sr20s. We called it the truck motor since it came in Nissan trucks in America. JE pistons and eagle rods. Put a big turbo on it and had a blast for years until I sold the car. Did have a weird bucket lifter tick that I could never get rid of back then, but it never broke. Wish I never sold it.

Every time I visit this channel I always get the impression that Mike seems to be such a happy, chilled out dude...

crazy to think in todays standards "500hp" is not to bad. I think 500 is crazy still! Most people wouldnt know how to handle that.

I have a 98 240sx and built my ka24de back in 2000 for 600 crank hp. She did 462 whp and 412 wtq in 2000. Back while S13's and S14's were doing the easy SR20 swap for ~225 crank hp 🤣

I love my Ka24det , makes 450 whp on 22psi 420 ft lbs of tq .

KA-T are slept on. Had one of the first Full-Race twinscroll turbo manifolds made in 2009, slapped a GT3076R on it and made quite a bit of power.

I'm saving this video for when I need to rebuild my KA . Now I know exactly what I need for a good strong rebuild.

in my early years, the biggest reason i swapped in a sr was there was no support for the KA's and they were more expensive to build. now obviously SR swaps were never "cheap" (2007) but it was easier to get a stock SR and swap it over then build over time, versus the huge upfront task of building your KA. And again, i think there was like 2 routes everyone went witht the KA's at the time, where as the SR was endless options

U can tell how passionate this guy is for engine building and automotive tech in general

The KA24DE is slept on. It is antiquated but that shouldn’t detract it from its ability.

Great video! Really brings back memories of my teens to early 20's... Had a KA-T in high school in 2005 and boy did that car kick ass. I remember being a high school kid taking down working guys in their WRX's, RSX's, and modified Hondas in "Mexico." Definitely owe a lot of great memories to the trusty KA!!!

A lot of people dont realize the 240sx KAs, at least the DE. Is very different than the truck KAs. The 240 KAs were even made in Japan where as the Truck ones were hecho in Mexico

Ah good ol ka24de. I remember when i slapped on an ebay turbo kit on mine and tuned it with a daughter board and chip burner lol. Had to clock the motor with hockey puck motor mounts to make the turbo clear the brake master cylinder. Ran pretty good but never really beat on it as it was my daily while going through college. Eventually the oil seal blew in the turbo and probably had a crack in the head gasket in one of the cylinders. Sold the car for 1500...an s13 base model coupe :( miss it a lot. You might have actually seen it Mike as i was one of the workers at Pipeline pizza, if you remember that meet lol. Compared to a "budget" build like this mine was a "no budget" build lol.

I don't even have a KA or Nissan, but I watched the whole video. So informative and well-articulated.

I rode in a ka26 (2.6 liter stroker) that was turboed. All I could think was how much sheer TORQUE that thing had!

leave it to MotoIQ to save and sweeten up the original heart fitted to the car, restoring balance. steady well spoken, scrap the script. the look expressed with Mike's "let me show you how..." is the best. MotoIQ for life and beyond! ❄️🍻💎🦅🏁🌬️🦅💨🌴

Absolutely love the in-depth info. The legend Mike Kojima !

in college, I started a KA24DE build with a BC Stroker kit. Bored the cylinders to 90mm bore and the crank included has a 102mm stroke with 10:1 compression pistons turning the KA into a 2.6L monster. never got to finish the engine because someone T-boned my 92 240sx totaling it and I moved to one of my dream cars, the SW20 MR2.

Everytime I see this man I know I’m going to learn a lot. Always well spoken! KA24 turbo is the best for fun drift cars 📈

I've been reading mini truck magazines since 1986. My father was a Tribal Police officer and had an S10 mini blazer 4x4 with a V6. I sure could have used RU-vid back then. I'm 55 and everything you talk about, in detail. Just like a series, only in real time. Now I have Van Halen in my head.

This guy explaining engines, could be an audio book. I could listen to him for hours.

I had a built KA24 turbo in my S14. It made 700hp. AMS performance made 1000hp KA-T. I loved my KA over my SR

oh is that MIke Kojima? This is the guy that got me interested in suspension with his articels YEAAAARSSSSS BACK

Everyone was doing the SR in the S14. But I hate doing what everyone else does, went crazy, and created a fully built, balanced blueprinted, forged everything, custom cam KA with a T51R, making 650hp, that was before I put on a H2O/CH4 injection./

Appreciate good engine builders like you really knows metallurgy 👍

Always an informative watch Mike. Thanks for your time and excellent content

love the content!! keep it up. I was literally in search of a shop that was knowledgeable in KA's and it looks like i found .

Very thankful for the information and guidance, keep making content like this! Especially on KA’s since they are getting more respect now a days :)

great stuff! Found about MotoIQ on the HPA podcast, and I am so glad they hosted you! Both your website and YT channel are a mine gold! Wish I have found them sooner

I love my Ka24de-t, will be doing this in the near future to keep it going

Your happiness and pride is contagious! I love this video.

Always smiling while you talk about all of this tech stuff, I can tell you enjoy your job. It's refreshing.

I am a KA fan.. i have a Nissan 240sx KA turbo.

have my good old ka24de in one of my sx's still great solid engine with common sence and maintenance . going on over 15 years now, still the engine i learn to drift on but i retired it from it while iam ahead lol

Great video! Spotlighting a long misunderstood motor. Never knew the origin of the KA24DE, thanks for the info!

Always love Mike's videos

I just stumbled across this channel and man I love this guy! He's awesome!

This is really fantastic content, thanks for putting it together! 👍

Please keep making videos on the KA!! I’m in the middle of tearing down one from a 95 240sx. It’s hard to find good information this knowledgeable. Thank you for sharing!!

Been running 18-20psi with gtx3576 .82 t4 on stock rods for 2 years.. same motor as been boosted for the last 6yrs

The difference 20 or so years make. Did this as a younger me on a single cam KA24E but had to resort to remapping and repurposing Q45 parts wherever I could. Power was great but blowing up transmissions became a regular event. Junkyard life!

There aren’t any cars here with this engine but man I found this interesting and calming. Nice video mate.

One guy used a supercharger from the vg33 on the ka 2.4, they made like 300hp with it stock internals

I have always loved my ka24de.....from my first nissan frontier to both 240sx I never did a swap and was happy with what I have

Love this! 🙏 as a huge 240 enthusiest who’s had multiple engines from sr to rb the ka24de when boosted rips so hard and takes so much abuse. I hope people keep sleeping on it . I need more parts to store away 😂

Fantastic presentation on that motor

My frontier has one of these and I never knew I feel cool now hopefully I can upgrade it like this

I love the KA i use to buy all them in the area when people would pull them. Tons of boost, limited revs to 7200, and beat then shit out of them

Great content as always Mike. You are the man.

Thank you for this video. I’ve been working on my dads 2000 frontier with 250k mi. It’s a straight up runner. I love it.

ive never built a motor b4 but ive thought abt it a lot ! lmao cant get enough of mike's explanations hopefully one day i build a motor or 2 and if i do ill be using a lot of info i learned here thx 4 sharing !

I had a 93 Altima SE with this motor in it. I abused that car a lot, but loved it. When I sold it it had well over 300k on it. I wish I could say that it didn't use oil, but I didn't take care of it and it drank oil like it was going out of style. That was my fault not the cars. Very well put together informative video that applies to way more than just a KA24DE.

The best engine in my list for any classic and contemporary cars under Nissan to use. This is reliable and can make big horse power and torque is excellent. The nissan D22 is a great for it. I have one is built to 500hp and another one for future built for a spare for fun to build it the right better the previous one.

Between this and the duratec 30 really enjoying the deep dives on some underappreciated motors

this guy is so wholesome. i can listen to him talk all day and learn something.

This is awesome, absolutely love the KA24D, so much so I dropped one in my GS300. Taking a page from you to convert to the VQ spring caps.

Great video Mike, I love the tiddlywink comment haha. Long live the KA24!

Great to rediscover your channel mike. I remember your R32 from 7 years ago that had issues at wtac. Wonder how did you guys go from there.

I remember Sport Compact Car mag doing a small ka24de build for a 240sx with intake, header, exhaust and cams from JWT. I actually enjoyed the ka in my '93 Altima years ago with full bolt ons including pulleys. Was a very punchy and fun little engine especially around town. A couple of altima forum members hit just over 175whp (~ 200 crank hp) in their fwd 5 speed Altimas with bolt ons, cams and 10.5:1 pistons roughly 10 years ago.

a moderately well built KA24 in a Manual Altima SE and an LSD sounds like it would be a very fun weekend car

Thank you so much with your knowledge sharing and in-depth detail down to alloy type’s pro and cons.

Thank you Mike for the wealth of knowledge & it motivates me to do my own 2 KA rebuild! Unfortunately, I am on the EastCoast so sending you my KA is not viable. So I will have to do it on my own unless you know any reputable place like your business here, I would greatly appreciate it! By the way, I hope you can do a short video of the entire build of the KA & maybe ask the owner if he does a dyno so we can see the numbers. Great job and keep up the great work!

Could you guys do a video on doing all the timing components and distributor timing assembly when you guys fully assemble the motor!! Thanks!!

Love the S14 Vids! Thanks for all the info!

Never done a KAT yet but it is something I'd like to build eventually

This is the type of video I want to find when I want to build a truck.

Definitely need to see this engines life all the way through!

I had a '99 2.4L Altima. I loved that car and the engine never had issues.

More of this content Mike :) Always love your videos.

good video, i love seeing fellow ka enthusiasts. building ka's are what i do for work pretty much. i daily my ka-t s13 around 550whp and im 10.5:1 aswell

Awesome job as always.

Incredibly rare, massively technical yet very old school reference mentioned... Tiddlywinks. guessing most didn't catch that. And great interview with Andre on his channel.

thank you for sharing about plateau honing!

Thanks for the great info about electrolysis! I think you just solved my next-Bay-neighbor's headache of an ancient chevy 1500 mixing coolant and oil!!

I need the same work! I want my s13 to last another 20 years!

This guy cant stop smiling...I love it!!!!

I love this guy. He is so at peace

More videos like this on the ka24de please, perhaps tuning or bolt on parts?

Great content, a lot thing to learn in there.

I remember reading an article from you guys regarding building up an old pathfinder using different parts lying around. Any videos on that pathfinder?? That was such a cool Build article, and what that pathfinder was capable of was so good. Live to see that thing again in a video

I’ll admit I was one of those guys who junked their KA24de for an SR. In hindsight it would have been a good engine to keep. But luckily I have had the same SR since 2012 and it starts up just fine.

I was one of the few who kept the KA motor in my 240SX Zenki. Granted, I spun the 3rd cylinder rod bearing more times than I could count. Strong torquey motor. Still have the car, but it needs a complete rebuild at this point.

very cool information

Great video, very informative!!

I understand metal structure, grains and aligning grains. I e been considering a rebuild on my Ka. I just outchased another hard body and im lioking for a ka for that one. I keep all my trucks as daily drivers. My first one became a flatbed. I can manuever it through narrow trails. It has attatchements for a Stryker Stretcher from an ambulance. It has two seats for EMS personnel.

Finally someone who knows what they’re talking about

Great video

Hope to see one like this for the RB engine one day

Great information please do some building in detail project it will be perfect