Off-topic discussion about S14 parts

Jim Crate jcrate@deepskytech.com
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:21:11 -0600


>> there are More parts for the S14 chassis out there than
>> the B13-14-15 combined.... I dunno how can U make
>> that assumption.

> Well maybe if you were in japan then there are plenty of parts.
> But as a 7 year owner of a S14 Chassis I can assure you that
> there are way more B13 Parts. Also the KA24DE is a neglected
> motor. There are considerably more parts for the SOHC KA24E.
> If you do have a good supplier for Quality S14 parts then please by
> all means pass it on. But until you or anyone can produce such
> a thing I will continue to stand by my statement.

I hate to continue an off-topic discussion but is there something specific
that you want that you can't get?  AFAIK you can get most any major item for
the S14, and even the KA24DE motor (suspension, brake, engine, etc).  Some
of it may be more expensive than the B13/B14 stuff, especially the JDM
stuff.  However, if you want to play, take your money (lots of it) to
someone who specializes in JDM parts and they can probably get you most any
JDM goodie too.

I also saw mentioned that the KA24DE wasn't really a Japanese motor...while
there aren't many JDM KA24DE motor pieces, that doesn't really somehow make
it less of a Japanese motor, does it?  It's certainly bulletproof enough, I
just put 500+ more track miles on mine a couple weeks ago with no problems
at all.  It's got well over 1,000 track miles now in addition to around 150K
street miles, with no more work than just regular maintenance.

If you're looking for something related to the 240SX, you'll be much better
off asking on the 240SX list or on the 240SX FreshAlloy forum.

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Jim Crate
91 240SX SE Super HICAS with stuff
http://www.the-crates.net/cars/index.html