Datsun 510 Wagon

[BlackbirdM3]

^^I keep hearing that ka24's are crap but no one has given a good explanation to back this claim up except that they don't handle boost well.

They tend to have timing chain issues. I can't remember the last time I heard a quiet one. Lots of valve clatter, and they always sound like they are out of oil. (Not to say an S14 is a quiet motor either, but they usually are when they are warm. Not so with a KA24.) I suppose a freshly totally rebuilt KA would be ok for a little while, but the noise will be back in short order. Sure they make good torque, but its still a truck motor.

Will

[Keith M]

Thanks Will. My frontier has about 225k and the clatter has been there for the last 200k. Still going strong though.

[JA1991]

I'd love a TE72 wagon. I don't see why people think ka's or sr's are junk. They both get over 200k miles daily driven, any motor that does that is alright in my book. Sr swapped 510 is different, there are a few around the states but i have yet to see a 510 wagon in Michigan and or Florida during the years i've lived in both these states let alone a 510 wagon with an sr20 swap

[Shangsta]

I'd love a TE72 wagon. I don't see why people think ka's or sr's are junk. They both get over 200k miles daily driven, any motor that does that is alright in my book. Sr swapped 510 is different, there are a few around the states but i have yet to see a 510 wagon in Michigan and or Florida during the years i've lived in both these states let alone a 510 wagon with an sr20 swap

You must live under a rock cause there are quite a few sr20'ed 510's in florida

[JA1991]

I lived in Ft Myers, between going to school full time and working 40 hours a week i didn't get to do much while i lived there.