I dont know anything about the Nissan KA24e engine to answer a friends question. Is the SOHC engine from a early model 240 (89-90) the same as the SOHC engine in the Nissan pickup?
Thanks...

 

no... the truck single cam has throttle body injection.. you can swap the manifold over and i belive the trucks have a rear sump oil pickup as the 240 has front sump..and im not sure about pump placement but i know the dual cams in the truck have the power steering and alternators and such are all switched up

 

just go with an ka24de swap there easy to do.
and way better to work on

 

Here is the issue.... a buddy of mine has a 1990 240 SX with and SOHC. He picked up a cap and rotor for a 1990 240. The rotor would not fit. He took it back and asked for one from a pickup and it fit. So now he thinks that he may have a truck engine. He bought the car used and is not sure of the history of the car. He had his head gasket replaced and at the same time had a new timing chain kit installed. Now there is a bunch of racket coming from the timing chain area. He did not tell the mechanic that he thinks he has a truck engine. Now he wonders if there may be a difference between the truck engine and the 240 engine. The noise was not there before having the new timing chain kit installed. You rev it up to about 2,000 RPMs and it sounds like the chain is slapping around. The mechanic told him that the piston pin is probably worn and the piston is slapping around. What do you guys think? He paid the guy $1,000 for the repair and the car sounds like crap. My friend is not into motor swaps......he is 48 years old.

 

wow the mechanic screwed him over and did a shitty job
so what ur saying is that he was charged 1,000 for a head gasket and timing chain set. now the noise is either a faulty chain set or the guy screwed it up putting it in. if the piston was slapping around he would have alot of smoke coming from the exhaust. as for getting it fixed take it back to the shop and show him let him hear it.
and say fix it. it only started when you touched it.

 

google the motors to see the differance

 

He took it back and the guy had it for almost a week. The guy then told him its the piston and its nothing he did. My friend is not sure what to do now.

 

idk dont think its right

 

kick him in his sack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I think distributor on the trucks are crank driven like the L-series, KA runs from the head